BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 108-117 , April 2009

Consensus paper: Use of transcranial magnetic stimulation to probe motor cortex plasticity in dystonia and levodopa-induced dyskinesia

  • Angelo Quartarone, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Scienze Psichiatriche ed Anestesiologiche, Università di Messina, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Dr. Angelo Quartarone, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Scienze Psichiatriche ed Anestesiologiche, Università di Messina, UOC Neuropatologia, AOU G. Martino, 98125 Messina, Italy.
    • ,
  • Joseph Classen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Human Cortical Physiology and Motor Control Laboratory, Department of Neurology, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Francesca Morgante, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Scienze Psichiatriche ed Anestesiologiche, Università di Messina, Italy
    • ,
  • Karin Rosenkranz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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  • Mark Hallett, MD

      Affiliations

    • Human Motor Control Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Received 16 June 2008 ,Revised 25 September 2008 ,Accepted 25 September 2008.

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