Effects of slow repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with corticobasal syndrome

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1007-1009

  Civardi, Carlo ^a   Pisano, Fabrizio ^b   Delconte, Carmen ^b   Collini, Alessandra ^c   Monaco, Francesco ^a  

^a Division of Cardiology   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c ASL TO4   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Corticobasal syndrome; Slow repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALIEN HAND SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOBASAL SYNDROME; DISEASE DURATION; DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; GAZE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NERVE EXCITABILITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION SYSTEM; BASAL GANGLION; PARKINSONISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SYNDROME;

AGED; BASAL GANGLIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SYNDROME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84930383675     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-015-2115-3     Document Type: Article

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