A practical guide to diagnostic transcranial magnetic stimulation: Report of an IFCN committee

Clinical Neurophysiology - Tập 123 - Trang 858-882 - 2012
S. Groppa1, A. Oliviero2, A. Eisen3, A. Quartarone4, L.G. Cohen5, V. Mall6, A. Kaelin-Lang7, T. Mima8, S. Rossi9, G.W. Thickbroom10, P.M. Rossini11, U. Ziemann12, J. Valls-Solé13, H.R. Siebner14
1Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany
2Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, Toledo, Spain
3Department of Neurology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
4Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Anesthesiology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
5Human Cortical Physiology and Stroke Neurorehabilitation Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
6Department of Neuropediatrics and Muscle Disorders, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
7Department of Neurology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
8Human Brain Research Center, University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
9Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Sezione Neurologia e Neurofisiologia Clinica, Università di Siena, Policlinico Le Scotte, Siena, Italy
10Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, M518, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia
11Institute of Neurology, Catholic University, Pol. Gemelli; IRCCS S. Raffaele-Pisana and Casa di Cura S. Raffaele-Cassino, Roma, Italy
12Department of Neurology, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
13Unitat d’EMG, Servei de Neurologia, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
14Danish Research Center for Magnetic Resonance, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark

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