TMS: Using the Theta-Burst protocol to explore mechasnism of plasticity in individuals with Fragile X Syndrome and autism

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 46, 2010, Pages

  Oberman, Lindsay M ^a   Horvath, Jared C ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Fragile X; Issue 46; Neural Plasticity; Neuroscience; Theta Burst Stimulation; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84873051419     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2272     Document Type: Article

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