Pathophysiology of the corticospinal system and basal ganglia in cerebral palsy

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-167

  Cheney, Paul D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Cerebral palsy; Corticospinal; Limb movement; Motoneurons; Motor cortex; Muscles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ATHETOSIS; BASAL GANGLION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHOREA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SPASTICITY;

EID: 0030805131     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2779(1997)3:2<153::AID-MRDD7>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Review

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