New perspectives in transcranial magnetic stimulation: Epilepsy, consciousness and the perturbational approach

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-167

  Manganotti, Paolo ^a   Del Felice, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cortical excitability; sleep; sleep deprivation; TMS EEG co registration

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; KETAMINE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; SULTIAME; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; ZONISAMIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLUSTER HEADACHE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SENSORY STIMULATION; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WAKEFULNESS;

CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84882326515     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: 18758584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/570328     Document Type: Article

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