Transcranial magnetic stimulation for psychogenic tremor - A pilot study;Der Einsatz der transkraniellen Magnetstimulation beim psychogenen Tremor - Eine Pilotstudie

Fortschritte der Neurologie Psychiatrie

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 226-233

  Dafotakis, M ^a,d   Ameli, M ^b   Vitinius, F ^b   Weber, R ^b   Albus, C ^b   Fink, G R ^b   Nowak, D A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Klinik Kipfenberg   (Germany)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

magnetic stimulation; placebo; psychogenic origin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; PSYCHOGENIC TREMOR; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREMOR;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR CORTEX; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953715683     PISSN: 07204299     EISSN: 14393522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1246094     Document Type: Article

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