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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Investigating Causal Brain-behavioral Relationships and their Time Course
Published on: July 18, 2014
Transcranial magnetic stimulation
1Department of Neurology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland. vreid@partners.org
Abstract:
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a noninvasive and painless method of stimulating the cerebral cortex that allows the study of cortical excitability and inhibition. This article describes the technique, the parameters most commonly studied, the clinical applications of TMS, and potential research applications.

