Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 3 , Pages 841-849.e1 , September 2009

Reversal of a Virtual Lesion in Human Pharyngeal Motor Cortex by High Frequency Contralesional Brain Stimulation

  • Samantha Jefferson

      Affiliations

    • School of Translational Medicine - GI Sciences, Salford Royal Hospital, University of Manchester, Salford, England
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  • Satish Mistry

      Affiliations

    • School of Translational Medicine - GI Sciences, Salford Royal Hospital, University of Manchester, Salford, England
    • ,
  • Emilia Michou

      Affiliations

    • School of Translational Medicine - GI Sciences, Salford Royal Hospital, University of Manchester, Salford, England
    • ,
  • Salil Singh

      Affiliations

    • School of Translational Medicine - GI Sciences, Salford Royal Hospital, University of Manchester, Salford, England
    • ,
  • John C. Rothwell

      Affiliations

    • Sobell Department of Neurophysiology, Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, England
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  • Shaheen Hamdy

      Affiliations

    • School of Translational Medicine - GI Sciences, Salford Royal Hospital, University of Manchester, Salford, England
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Shaheen Hamdy, MD, FRCP, PhD, Department of GI Sciences, University of Manchester, Clinical Sciences Building, Salford Royal Hospital, Salford, M6 8HD, England. fax: (44) 161 206 4364

Received 12 March 2009 ,Accepted 27 April 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Supported by the Stroke Association (TSA2004/03), Action Medical Research (AP1091), The Wellcome Trust (WT081741MA), and the Medical Research Council (G0400979).

PII: S0016-5085(09)00736-7

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.04.056

Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 3 , Pages 841-849.e1 , September 2009

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