Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Studying the Brain-Behaviour Relationship By Induction of 'Virtual Lesions'

Authors

Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Harvard University
David Bartres-Faz, University of Barcelona
Julian Keenan, Montclair State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-29-1999

Journal / Book Title

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences

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.

DOI

10.1098/rstb.1999.0476

Montclair State University Digital Commons Citation

Pascual-Leone, Alvaro; Bartres-Faz, David; and Keenan, Julian, "Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Studying the Brain-Behaviour Relationship By Induction of 'Virtual Lesions'" (1999). Department of Biology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 350.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/biology-facpubs/350

Published Citation

Pascual-Leone, A., Bartres-Faz, D., & Keenan, J. P. (1999). Transcranial magnetic stimulation: studying the brain-behaviour relationship by induction of 'virtual lesions'. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 354(1387), 1229–1238. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1999.0476