Improvement of amplitude variability of motor evoked potentials in multiple sclerosis patients and in healthy subjects

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 404-411

  Nielsen, Jørgen Feldbæk ^a,b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amplitude; Magnetic stimulation; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030273166     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-980X(96)96541-8     Document Type: Article

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