Abnormal cortical motor excitability in dystonia

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1371-1376

  Ikoma, K ^a   Samii, A ^a   Mercuri, B ^a   Wassermann, E M ^a   Hallett, M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b MSC 1428 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSTONIA; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0029951451     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.46.5.1371     Document Type: Article

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