Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over bilateral hemispheres enhances motor function and training effect of paretic hand in patients after stroke.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: The interhemispheric competition model proposes that the functional recovery of motor deficits in patients after stroke can be achieved by increasing the excitability of the affected hemisphere or decreasing the excitability of the ... Read more...

The differential role of motor cortex in stretch reflex modulation induced by changes in environmental mechanics and verbal instruction.

19 Oct 2009 The motor cortex assumes an increasingly important role in higher mammals relative to that in lower mammals. This is true to such an extent that the human motor cortex is deeply involved in reflex regulation and it is common to speak of ... Read more...

The role of the parietal lobe in visual extinction studied with transcranial magnetic stimulation.

29 Sep 2009 Interhemispheric competition between homologous areas in the human brain is believed to be involved in a wide variety of human behaviors from motor activity to visual perception and particularly attention. For example, patients with lesions in the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over bilateral hemispheres enhances motor function and training effect of paretic hand in patients after stroke. 30 Oct 2009
• The differential role of motor cortex in stretch reflex modulation induced by changes in environmental mechanics and verbal instruction. 19 Oct 2009
• The role of the parietal lobe in visual extinction studied with transcranial magnetic stimulation. 29 Sep 2009
• Effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over the hand motor cortical area on central pain after spinal cord injury. 29 Sep 2009
• Misleading functional magnetic resonance imaging mapping of the cortical hand representation in a 4-year-old boy with an arteriovenous malformation of the central region. 29 Sep 2009
• Motor mapping in cerebral palsy. 29 Sep 2009
• Coding of visual space during motor preparation: Approaching objects rapidly modulate corticospinal excitability in hand-centered coordinates. 21 Sep 2009
• Mechanisms controlling motor output to a transfer hand after learning a sequential pinch force skill with the opposite hand. 16 Sep 2009
• Representation of goal and movements without overt motor behavior in the human motor cortex: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study. 7 Sep 2009
• Influence of tonic and burst transcranial magnetic stimulation characteristics on acute inhibition of subjective tinnitus. 30 Aug 2009
• Reduced cerebellar inhibition in migraine with aura: a TMS study. 30 Aug 2009
• Motor circuit abnormalities in first-episode schizophrenia assessed with transcranial magnetic stimulation. 30 Aug 2009
• Differential effects of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over ipsilesional primary motor cortex in cortical and subcortical middle cerebral artery stroke. 30 Aug 2009
• Motor cortex plasticity in ischemic perinatal stroke: a transcranial magnetic stimulation and functional MRI study. 30 Aug 2009
• Transformational technologies in single-event neurological conditions: applying lessons learned in stroke to cerebral palsy (August 14-15, 2008). 30 Aug 2009
• Defining the mechanisms that underlie cortical hyperexcitability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 26 Aug 2009
• Prior intention can locally tune inhibitory processes in the primary motor cortex: direct evidence from combined TMS-EEG. 25 Aug 2009
• Associative sequence learning: the role of experience in the development of imitation and the mirror system. 25 Aug 2009
• Efficacy and safety of bilateral continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) for the treatment of chronic tinnitus: design of a three-armed randomized controlled trial. 19 Aug 2009
• Overt naming fMRI pre- and post-TMS: Two nonfluent aphasia patients, with and without improved naming post-TMS. 17 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation'

Definition: A technique that involves the use of electrical coils on the head to generate a brief magnetic field which reaches the CEREBRAL CORTEX. It is coupled with ELECTROMYOGRAPHY response detection to assess cortical excitability by the threshold required to induce MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS. This method is also used for BRAIN MAPPING, to study NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, and as a substitute for ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY for treating DEPRESSION. Induction of SEIZURES limits its clinical usage.

Descriptor UI: D050781

Alternative terms: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; Magnetic Stimulation, Transcranial; Magnetic Stimulations, Transcranial; Stimulation, Transcranial Magnetic; Stimulations, Transcranial Magnetic; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulations; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Paired Pulse; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Repetitive; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Single Pulse;

Related Mesh Headings: Magnetoencephalography;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; drug effects; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; radiation effects; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E01.370.376.850; E02.621.820;

History Note: 2006