The myoclonus in corticobasal degeneration: Evidence for two forms of cortical reflex myoclonus

Brain

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 1197-1207

  Thompson, P D ^a   Day, B L ^a   Rothwell, J C ^a   Brown, P ^a   Britton, T C ^a   Marsden, C D ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticobasal degeneration; Myoclonus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MYOCLONUS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SENSORY STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MYOCLONUS; REFLEX;

EID: 0028153437     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/117.5.1197     Document Type: Article

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