Reflex myoclonus in cortical-basal ganglionic degeneration involves a transcortical pathway

Movement Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 360-369

  Strafella, A ^a   Ashby, P ^a,b   Lang, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortical myoclonus; Corticobasal ganglionic degeneration; Myoclonus; Transcranial stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MYOCLONUS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SPATIAL SUMMATION;

AGED; BASAL GANGLIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS; NERVE DEGENERATION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030981131     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870120315     Document Type: Article

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