Continuous theta-burst stimulation of the primary motor cortex in essential tremor

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1010-1015

  Hellriegel, Helge ^a   Schulz, Eva M ^a   Siebner, Hartwig R ^a,b   Deuschl, Günther ^a   Raethjen, Jan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Essential tremor; Magnetic stimulation; Movement disorders; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL CONTINUOUS THETA BURST STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84858747455     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.08.033     Document Type: Article

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