Plasticity in the Human Nervous System: Investigations with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

by Simon Boniface (Editor), Ulf Ziemann (Editor)

Overview

Written by experts in the field, this book is an essential compendium on plasticity of the human brain in health and disease. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive and painless technique that has opened up completely new avenues to study neural plasticity. Current knowledge of all these possibilities is brought together in this book, which is intended for clinical neurophysiologists, neurologists, psychiatrists and neuroscientists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521114462
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	06/25/2009
Pages:	340
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Simon Boniface is Consultant Neurophysiologist and Director of Neurophysiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital and The Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, Cambridge.

Ulf Ziemann is Assistant Professor of Neurology, Clinic of Neurology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University of Frankfurt.

Table of Contents

1. The nature and mechanisms of plasticity M. Rioult-Pedotti and J. P. Donoghue; 2. Techniques of transcranial magnetic stimulation J. C. Rothwell; 3. Developmental plasticity of the corticospinal system J. Eyre; 4. Practice induced plasticity in the human motor cortex J. Classen and L. G. Cohen; 5. Skill learning E. Robertson, H. Theoret and A. Pascual-Leone; 6. Stimulation induced plasticity in the human motor cortex J. Classen and U. Ziemann; 7. Lesions of cortex and post-stroke reorganisation P. M. Rossini and J. Liepert; 8. Lesions of the periphery and the spinal cord M. Angel, N. Davey, P. Ellaway and R. Chen; 9. Functional relevance of cortical plasticity P. Celnik and L. G. Cohen; 10. Therapeutic uses of rTMS C. Epstein and J. Rothwell; 11. Rehabilitation D. Gow, C. Fraser and S. Hamdy; 12. New questions M. Hallett, E. M. Wassermann and L. G. Cohen.

Editorial Reviews

"This text is concise and well-organized...investigators and clinicians interested in motor system plasticity or TMS will find this book to be a valuable addition to their library." William J. Triggs, Neurology

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