Cortical nyoclonus: An insight into the organization of normal movement in man

Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 193-197

  Brown, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortical inhibition; Movement; Rhythmic discharges

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FACILITATION; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; MYOCLONUS; REFERENCE VALUES; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0029493559     PISSN: 10656766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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