Cerebellar repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation restores pharyngeal brain activity and swallowing behaviour after disruption by a cortical virtual lesion
(2019)
Journal Article
Sasegbon, A., Watanabe, M., Simons, A., Michou, E., Vasant, D. H., Magara, J., Bath, P. M., Rothwell, J., Inoue, M., & Hamdy, S. (2019). Cerebellar repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation restores pharyngeal brain activity and swallowing behaviour after disruption by a cortical virtual lesion. Journal of Physiology, 597(9), 2533-2546. https://doi.org/10.1113/jp277545
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can alter neuronal activity within the brain with therapeutic potential. Low frequency stimulation to the ‘dominant’ cortical swallowing projection induces a ‘virtual‐lesion’ transiently suppressing... Read More about Cerebellar repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation restores pharyngeal brain activity and swallowing behaviour after disruption by a cortical virtual lesion.