Differential impact of continuous theta-burst stimulation over left and right DLPFC on planning

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-51

  Kaller, Christoph P ^a,b   Heinze, Katharina ^a,b   Frenkel, Annekathrein ^a,c   Läppchen, Claus H ^a   Unterrainer, Josef M ^d   Weiller, Cornelius ^a,b   Lange, Rüdiger ^a,b   Rahm, Benjamin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c Kliniken Schmieder Stuttgart Gerlingen   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CTBS; Lateralization; Planning; Prefrontal cortex; TMS; Tower of London

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROIMAGING; PLANNING; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; THINKING;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870875475     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21423     Document Type: Article

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