What have we learned from ‘perturbing’ the human cortical motor system with transcranial magnetic stimulation?

The purpose of this paper is two-fold. First, we will review different approaches that one can use with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to study both its effects on motor behavior and on neural connections in the human brain. Second, we will present evidence obtained in TMS-based studies sho...

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Main Authors: Philippe A Chouinard, Tomáš Paus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2010.00173/full