Comparison of the outcomes of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to the ipsilateral and contralateral auditory cortex in unilateral tinnitus

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 211-215

  Kim, Bo Gyung ^a   Kim, Deog Young ^a   Kim, Seung Ki ^a   Kim, Jung Min ^a   Baek, Seung Hak ^a   Moon, In Seok ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contralateral; Ipsilateral; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; RTMS; Tinnitus; Tinnitus handicap inventory; Visual analog score

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

CONTRALATERAL; IPSILATERAL; RTMS; TINNITUS; TINNITUS HANDICAP INVENTORY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCORE;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

AUDITORY CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

AUDITORY CORTEX; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905272343     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: 15368386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15368378.2013.801353     Document Type: Article

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