Clinical utility of magnetic corticospinal tract stimulation at the foramen magnum level

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 247-254

  Ugawa, Yoshikazu ^a   Uesaka, Yoshikazu ^a   Terao, Yasuo ^a   Suzuki, Masahiko ^a   Sakai, Katsuyuki ^a   Hanajima, Ritsuko ^a   Kanazawa, Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cervical spondylosis; Corticospinal tract; Magnetic stimulation; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 0029896157     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-980X(96)95150-4     Document Type: Article

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