Transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with early cortical dementia: A pilot study

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 619-622

  Issac, Thomas Gregor ^a   Chandra, S R ^a   Nagaraju, B C ^a  

^a Department of Neurosciences   (India)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's dementia; central motor conduction time; cortical inhibition; fronto temporal dementias; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CENTRAL MOTOR CONDUCTION TIME; CERVICAL SPINE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL DEMENTIA; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; FIRST DORSAL INTEROSSEI; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PILOT STUDY; RESTING MOTOR THRESHOLD; SILENT PERIOD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84887599752     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.120493     Document Type: Article

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