Rethinking the role of sham TMS

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Duecker, Felix ^a   Sack, Alexander T ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Control condition; Placebo; Sham TMS; Side effects; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926653325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00210     Document Type: Article

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