Effects of phenytoin on cortical excitability in humans

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 881-883

  Chen, R ^a   Samii, A ^a   Canos M ^a   Wassermann, E M ^a   Hallett, Mark ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0030776306     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.3.881     Document Type: Article

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