Theta-burst stimulation of the left hemisphere accelerates recovery of hemispatial neglect

Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-30

  Koch, G ^a,b   Bonni S ^a   Giacobbe, V ^a   Bucchi, G ^a   Basile, B ^a   Lupo, F ^a   Versace, V ^a   Bozzali, M ^a   Caltagirone, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEMISPATIAL NEGLECT; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; THETA BURST STIMULATION; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; STROKE;

PLACEBO;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NERVE NET; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PLACEBOS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856610780     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31823ed08f     Document Type: Article

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