Cortical excitability as a potential clinical marker of epilepsy: A review of the clinical application of transcranial magnetic stimulation

International Journal of Neural Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Bauer, Prisca R ^a,e   Kalitzin, Stiliyan ^a,e   Zijlmans, Maeike ^a,b,e   Sander, Josemir W ^a,c,d,e   Visser, Gerhard H ^a,e  

^a STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cortical excitability; epilepsy; TMS; TMS EEG

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL APPLICATION; CORTICAL EXCITABILITY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY SURGERY; OUTCOME PREDICTION; TMS; TMS-EEG; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

DRUG THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; SURGERY;

NEUROLOGY;

BRAIN CORTEX; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84893252251     PISSN: 01290657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129065714300010     Document Type: Article

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