Increased variability of motor cortical excitability to transcranial magnetic stimulation in migraine: A new clue to an old enigma

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-37

  Conforto, Adriana B ^a,b   Moraes, Mariana S ^a   Amaro Jr , Edson ^a   Young, William B ^c   Lois, Lais A ^a   Gonçalves, André L ^a   Peres, Mario F P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic stimulation; Migraine; Motor physiology; Neurophysiology; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MIGRAINE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR THRESHOLD; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT INTERVAL INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MOTOR CORTEX; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84859624594     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-011-0379-4     Document Type: Article

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