BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 2-13 , January 2009

Consensus: New methodologies for brain stimulation

  • Ying-Zu Huang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Martin Sommer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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  • Gary Thickbroom, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological disorders, University of Western Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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  • Masashi Hamada, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Alvero Pascual-Leonne, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachesetts
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  • Walter Paulus, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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  • Joseph Classen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department Neurology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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  • Angel V. Peterchev, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Brain Stimulation and Therapeutic Modulation, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York
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  • Abraham Zangen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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  • Yoshikazu Ugawa, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Dr Yoshikazu Ugawa, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima 965-1295, Japan.

Received 14 June 2008 ,Revised 10 September 2008 ,Accepted 15 September 2008.

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Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 2-13 , January 2009

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