Rhythmic cortical and muscle discharge in cortical myoclonus

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1307-1316

  Brown, P ^a,b   Marsden, C D ^a  

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

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortical myoclonus; Rhythmic disharges

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOCLONUS; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SPIKE;

EID: 0029766173     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.4.1307     Document Type: Article

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