Interference with gesture production by theta burst stimulation over left inferior frontal cortex

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1197-1202

  Bohlhalter, Stephan ^a   Vanbellingen, Tim ^a,b   Bertschi, Manuel ^a   Wurtz, Pascal ^a   Cazzoli, Dario ^a   Nyffeler, Thomas ^a   Hess, Christian W ^a   Müri, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Neurorehabilitation Centre   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Human; Inferior parietal cortex; Praxis; RTMS; Theta burst stimulation; TULIA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BRAIN MAPPING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; FRONTAL LOBE; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79956337952     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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