Cognitive functioning after repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with cerebrovascular disease without dementia: a pilot study of seven patients.

• Authors: REKTOROVÁ Irena; MEGOVÁ Sabina; BAREŠ Martin; REKTOR Ivan
• Year of publication: 2005
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Field: Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences
• Keywords: Cognition; Repetitive transcranial magnetic magnetic stimulation; cerebrovascular
• Description: In our pilot double-blind cross-over study we demontrated statistically significant improvement in executive functioning induced by one session of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation applied over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in 7 patients with cerebrovascular disease without dementia.

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