Cortical tremor: A variant of cortical reflex myoclonus

Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1990, Pages 1561-1565

  Ikeda, A ^a,c   Kakigi, R ^a   Funai, N ^a   Neshige, R ^a   Kuroda, Y ^a   Shibasaki, H ^b  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ACTION TREMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYOCLONUS; REFLEX; TREMOR;

EID: 0025043869     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.40.10.1561     Document Type: Article

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