A neurophysiological insight into the potential link between transcranial magnetic stimulation, thalamocortical dysrhythmia and neuropsychiatric disorders

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 245, Issue , 2013, Pages 87-95

  Fuggetta, Giorgio ^a   Noh, Nor Azila ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI SAINS ISLAM MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Cortical excitability; Frequency dependent effects of rTMS; Oscillatory brain activity; Pathophysiology; Resting state neural oscillations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OSCILLATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THALAMOCORTICAL DYSRHYTHMIA; THEORY; THERAPY EFFECT; THETA RHYTHM; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; THALAMUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878500795     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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