Transcranial magnetic stimulation for the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 236-241

  Kimiskidis, Vasilios K ^a   Valentin, Antonio ^b,c   Kälviäinen, Reetta ^d  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

antiepileptic drugs; epilepsy; repetitive TMS; TMS electroencephalography; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SIBLING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84896390858     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0000000000000071     Document Type: Review

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