Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Address Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly: A Randomized Controlled Study

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Drumond Marra, Hellen Livia ^a   Myczkowski, Martin Luiz ^a   Maia Memória, Cláudia ^a   Arnaut, Débora ^a   Leite Ribeiro, Philip ^a   Sardinha Mansur, Carlos Gustavo ^a   Lancelote Alberto, Rodrigo ^a   Boura Bellini, Bianca ^a   Alves Fernandes Da Silva, Adriano ^a   Tortella, Gabriel ^a   Ciampi De Andrade, Daniel ^a   Teixeira, Manoel Jacobsen ^a   Forlenza, Orestes Vicente ^a   Marcolin, Marco Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA ASSESSMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIVORCED PERSON; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDUCATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GENDER; HEADACHE; HIGH FREQUENCY REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED PERSON; MEMORY; NEOPLASM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERMEAD BEHAVIOURAL MEMORY TEST; SCALP PAIN; SCREENING TEST; SINGLE (MARITAL STATUS); THYROID DISEASE; TIME; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WIDOW; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84934326293     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: 18758584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/287843     Document Type: Article

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