Transcranial magnetic stimulation techniques to study the somatosensory system: Research applications

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 671-679

  Staines, W Richard ^a   Bolton, David A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Cross modal; Event related potential; Oddball; Prefrontal cortex; Sensorimotor; Sensory gating; Tactile; Theta burst stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CROSS-MODAL; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ODDBALL; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SENSATION; SENSORIMOTOR; SENSORY GATING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULATION; TACTILE; THETA-BURST STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; CROSS-MODAL; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIAL; ODDBALL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR; SENSORY GATING; TACTILE; THETA-BURST STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84885118376     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53497-2.00053-X     Document Type: Chapter

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