Impairing somatosensory working memory using rTMS

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 839-844

  Auksztulewicz, Ryszard ^a   Spitzer, Bernhard ^b,c   Goltz, Dominique ^b   Blankenburg, Felix ^b,c  

^a Berlin School of Mind and Brain   (Germany)

^b BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inferior frontal gyrus; Somatosensory processing; TMS; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RESPONSE TIME; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860389198     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07797.x     Document Type: Article

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