BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 93-102 , April 2009

Localizing Broca's area for transcranial magnetic stimulation: Comparison of surface distance measurements and stereotaxic positioning

  • Nora Weiduschat, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Dr. Nora Weiduschat, Department of Neurology, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50924 Cologne, Germany.
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  • Birgit Habedank, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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  • Birgit Lampe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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  • Jörg Poggenborg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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  • Alexander Schuster

      Affiliations

    • Max-Planck Institute for Neurological Research, Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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  • Walter F. Haupt, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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  • Wolf Dieter Heiss, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Max-Planck Institute for Neurological Research, Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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  • Alexander Thiel, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Received 26 June 2008 ,Revised 8 September 2008 ,Accepted 10 September 2008.

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 This study was supported by the Marga and Walter Boll-Stiftung.

PII: S1935-861X(08)00338-0

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2008.09.005

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 93-102 , April 2009

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