Contribution of TMS and rTMS in the understanding of the pathophysiology and in the treatment of dystonia

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn 10, Issue NOV, 2016, Pages

  Lozeron, Pierre ^a,b,c   Poujois, Aurélia ^a   Richard, Alexandra ^a,c   Masmoudi, Sana ^a   Meppiel, Elodie ^a,c   Woimant, France ^a   Kubis, Nathalie ^a,b,c  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b Université René Diderot   (France)

^c Universite de Paris Diderot   (France)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Dystonia; Integration; Plasticity; Surround inhibition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT INHIBITION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; REVIEW; SHAM PROCEDURE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIAL; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; BASAL GANGLION; METABOLISM; MOTOR CORTEX; PROCEDURES;

BASAL GANGLIA; DYSTONIA; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84995549511     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2016.00090     Document Type: Review

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