Chapter 33 Stimulation at the foramen magnum level as a tool to separate cortical from spinal cord excitability changes

Supplements to Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 54, Issue C, 2002, Pages 216-222

  Ugawa, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a University of Tokyo   (Japan)

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EID: 0012306598     PISSN: 1567424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-424X(09)70453-2     Document Type: Article

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