Motor cortical excitability assessed by transcranial magnetic stimulation in psychiatric disorders: A systematic review

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 158-169

  Bunse, Tilmann ^a   Wobrock, Thomas ^b,c   Strube, Wolfgang ^a   Padberg, Frank ^a   Palm, Ullrich ^a   Falkai, Peter ^a   Hasan, Alkomiet ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Centre of Mental Health   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Cortical inhibition; Psychiatric disorder; Systematic review; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CANNABIS;

EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTOR CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84896389692     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2013.08.009     Document Type: Review

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