BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 95-118 , April 2010

Physiology of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the human brain

  • Janna Marie Hoogendam

      Affiliations

    • Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Mrs Janna Marie Hoogendam, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Room A.01.126. PO Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands.
    • ,
  • Geert M.J. Ramakers

      Affiliations

    • Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Vincenzo Di Lazzaro

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Neurologia, Università Cattolica, Rome, Italy

Received 8 July 2009 ,Revised 19 October 2009 ,Accepted 28 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2009.10.005

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 95-118 , April 2010

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