The contribution of TMS-EEG coregistration in the exploration of the human cortical connectome

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 114-124

  Bortoletto, Marta ^a   Veniero, Domenica ^b   Thut, Gregor ^b   Miniussi, Carlo ^a,c  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Connections; Coregistration; Effective connectivity; Electroencephalography (EEG); Functional connectivity; Graph theory; Non invasive brain stimulation (NIBS); TMS evoked potential TEP; Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONNECTOME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; BRAIN; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BRAIN; CONNECTOME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84920160944     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.12.014     Document Type: Review

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