BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 81-87 , April 2009

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over frontal eye fields disrupts visually cued auditory attention

  • Daniel T. Smith, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit, Wolfson Research Institute, University of Durham, Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Stephen R. Jackson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Chris Rorden, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Dr. Chris Rorden, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

Received 2 April 2008 ,Revised 28 May 2008 ,Accepted 31 July 2008.

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 Dr. Rorden was supported by the National Institutes of Health (R01 NS054266).

PII: S1935-861X(08)00324-0

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2008.07.005

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 81-87 , April 2009

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