Magnetic Stimulation in Clinical Neurophysiology || Basic Physics and Design of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Devices and Coils

✍ Scribed by RUOHONEN, J

• Book ID: 120662325
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 427 KB
• Edition: 2
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 0750673737
• DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7506-7373-0.50005-5

✦ Synopsis

This revised and updated 2nd Edition of this unique resource comprehensively covers the diagnostic and clinical applications of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). A team of internationally renowned authorities offer cutting-edge, in-depth guidance on the use of TMS to study brain physiology and pathophysiology as well as its current and future therapeutic uses. Readers will find the essential up-to-date information they need to make the most of this dynamic method—all in one authoritative resource.

• Delivers a detailed analysis of the physics of magnetic stimulation as well as basic mechanisms of how magnetic stimulation activates neural tissue.
• Presents expert guidance on the clinical uses of TMS as well as its therapeutic and research applications.

• Covers the field's hottest topics in chapters on Evaluation of Epilepsy and Anticonvulsants and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Sleep and Sleep-Related Disorders.
• Discusses the future uses of TMS