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. 2010 Jul 21;30(29):9647-50.
doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1990-10.2010.

Transcranial magnetic stimulation: disrupting neural activity to alter and assess brain function

Nadia Bolognini  1 , Tony Ro
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation: disrupting neural activity to alter and assess brain function

Nadia Bolognini et al. J Neurosci. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
When a strong, rapid current is passed through a stimulating coil (top), a rapidly changing magnetic field is produced, which induces current into the brain (bottom).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
A schematic of the procedures and different types of TMS protocols that one can employ when using TMS to study brain function (see text for details).
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