Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS): Compared sensitivity of different motor response parameters in ALS

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2000, Pages

  Pouget, Jean ^a   Trefouret, Sylvie ^a   Attarian, Shahram ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

ALS; Cortical silent period; Latency; Motor evoked potential parameters; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0002961367     PISSN: 14660822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14660820052415817     Document Type: Article

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