Safety, ethical considerations, and application guidelines for the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation in clinical practice and research

Clinical Neurophysiology - Tập 120 Số 12 - Trang 2008-2039 - 2009
Símone Rossi1, Mark S. George2, Paolo Maria Rossini3,4, Álvaro Pascual‐Leone5
1Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Sezione Neurologia, Università di Siena, Italy
2Human Motor Control Section, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, USA
3Casa di Cura S. Raffaele, Cassino, Italy
4Università Campus Biomedico, Roma, (Italy)
5Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

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