Transcranial magnetic stimulation: studying the brain--behaviour relationship by induction of ‘virtual lesions’
- 29 July 1999
- journal article
- review article
- Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
- Vol. 354 (1387) , 1229-1238
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1999.0476
Abstract
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) provides a non-invasive method of induction of a focal current in the brain and transient modulation of the function of the targeted cortex. Despite limited understanding about focality and mechanisms of action, TMS provides a unique opportunity of studying brain-behaviour relations in normal humans. TMS can enhance the results of other neuroimaging techniques by establishing the causal link between brain activity and task performance, and by exploring functional brain connectivity.Keywords
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