Neural generators of tibial nerve p30 somatosensory evoked potential studied in patients with a focal lesion of the cervicomedullary junction

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1538-1548

  Tinazzi, M ^a,c   Zanette, G ^a   Bonato, C ^a   Manganotti, P ^a   Polo, A ^a   Fiaschi, A ^a   Mauguiere F ^b  

^a Servizio di Neurofisiopatologia   (Italy)

^b HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^c Dipto Sci Neurologiche Visione   (Italy)

Author keywords

cervical cord lesions; intracranial conduction; P14 potential; spinal conduction; tibial nerve somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GRACILE NUCLEUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIAL NERVE;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SPINAL DISEASES; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0029827467     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199612)19:12<1538::AID-MUS3>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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