Corticomotor threshold is reduced in early sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1137-1141

  Mills, Kerry R ^a   Nithi, Kannan A ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Corticomotor threshold; Magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030789324     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199709)20:9<1137::AID-MUS7>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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