Is transcranial magnetic stimulation an effective therapy for aphasia?

Clinical Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 473-482

  Heiss, Wolf Dieter ^a   Thiel, Alexander ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; BRAIN FUNCTION; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865521277     PISSN: 20449038     EISSN: 20449046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/cpr.12.29     Document Type: Review

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