Brain stimulation in migraine

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 585-598

  Brighina, Filippo ^a   Cosentino, Giuseppe ^a   Fierro, Brigida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aura; Cortical excitability; Homeostatic plasticity; Migraine; Noninvasive brain stimulation; RTMS; TDCS; TMS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AURA; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; CORTICAL EXCITABILITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HOMEOSTATIC PLASTICITY; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; NONINVASIVE BRAIN STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RTMS; TDCS; TMS;

AURA; CORTICAL EXCITABILITY; HOMEOSTATIC PLASTICITY; MIGRAINE; NONINVASIVE BRAIN STIMULATION; RTMS; TDCS; TMS;

BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS;

EID: 84885161598     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53497-2.00047-4     Document Type: Chapter

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