BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 78-86 , April 2010

Conditioning of transcranial magnetic stimulation: Evidence of sensory-induced responding and prepulse inhibition

  • Kevin A. Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Kevin A. Johnson, Medical University of South Carolina, Brain Stimulation Laboratory, 67 President Street, Room 502N, Charleston, SC 29425.
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  • Gordon C. Baylis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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  • Donald A. Powell

      Affiliations

    • Shirley L. Buchanan Neuroscience Laboratory, Dorn VA Medical Center, Columbia, South Carolina
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  • F. Andrew Kozel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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  • Scott W. Miller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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  • Mark S. George

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry, Radiology, and Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

Received 28 March 2009 ,Revised 16 August 2009 ,Accepted 17 August 2009.

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 This work was developed as part of the K.A.J. dissertation research and was presented at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the US Department of Veterans Affairs or the Veterans Administration.

PII: S1935-861X(09)00084-9

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2009.08.003

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 78-86 , April 2010

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