BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 22-35 , January 2009

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation-associated neurobehavioral gains during coma recovery

  • Theresa Louise-Bender Pape, Dr. PH, MA, CCC-SLP/L

      Affiliations

    • The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Research Service, Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois
    • Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital, Wheaton, Illinois
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
    • Institute for Health Care Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Dr Theresa Pape, The Department of Veterans Affairs, Research Service, Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, PO Box 5000, MC 151H, Hines, IL 60141.
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  • Joshua Rosenow, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Gwyn Lewis, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
    • Health and Rehabilitation Research Centre, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand
    • The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Ghada Ahmed, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Matthew Walker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
    • Department of Neuroradiology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Ann Guernon, MS, CCC-SLP

      Affiliations

    • Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital, Wheaton, Illinois
    • ,
  • Heidi Roth, MS, PT

      Affiliations

    • The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Vijaya Patil, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Research Service, Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois
    • Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois

Received 6 May 2008 ,Revised 24 July 2008 ,Accepted 6 September 2008.

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 Funding was provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Research and Development, Rehabilitation Research and Development Service through an advanced research career development award (B3302K) and a career development transition award (B4949N). The research described in this article was also supported by the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. The GCRC is supported by Grant M01 RR-00048 from the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health. The Nick Kot Charity, a not-for-profit, also provided an unrestricted grant to support this project. Substantial in-kind contributions from the Departments of Neurosurgery and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital also made this research possible. Additional in-kind contributions from Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago are appreciated.

 The views expressed in the article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the US federal government or the US Department of Veterans Affairs.

PII: S1935-861X(08)00335-5

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2008.09.004

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 22-35 , January 2009

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