Effects of vigabatrin on motor potentials evoked with magnetic stimulation

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 124-127

  Mavroudakis, Nicolas ^a   Caroyer, Jean Marc ^a   Brunko, Eric ^b   Zegers De Beyl, Diederik ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

diphantoin; magnetic stimulation; silent period; vigabatrin

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PHENYTOIN; VIGABATRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0030918489     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(96)96607-2     Document Type: Article

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