Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Neurosurgery

This book is the first comprehensive work summarizing the advances that have been made in the neurosurgical use of navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS) over the past ten years. Having increasingly gained acceptance as a presurgical mapping modality in neurosurgery, today it is widely u...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors M. Krieg, Sandro (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319549187
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-54918-7
Physical DescriptionXX, 299 p. 74 illus., 65 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Basic principles of nTMS
  • nTMS motor mapping
  • Basic principles and clinical use
  • Fiber tracking
  • Risk stratification
  • nTMS language mapping
  • Basic principles and clinical use
  • Fiber tracking
  • Risk stratification
  • Other brain functions
  • Therapeutic applications in neurosurgery
  • Pain
  • Paresis
  • Special aspects on nTMS in children
  • Outlook on the potential of nTMS
  • Integration of functional data in the clinical workflow
  • Methodological advantages and disadvantages of nTMS compared to MEG and fMRI.