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Resting motor threshold changes in vagus nerve stimulation-treated patients during on/off-stimulation conditions

PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES (2013)

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PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES

Volume 67, Issue 1, Pages 64-65

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WILEY-BLACKWELL

DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12000

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