BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 97-103 , April 2011

Brain oscillations and frequency-dependent modulation of cortical excitability

Received 23 December 2009 ,Revised 9 July 2010 ,Accepted 9 July 2010.

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 This work was supported by an Innovational Research Grant (VIDI 452-07-012) from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).

PII: S1935-861X(10)00109-9

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2010.07.002

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 97-103 , April 2011

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