The motor syndrome associated with exaggerated inhibition within the primary motor cortex of patients with hemiparetic stroke

Brain

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 605-619

  Classen, Joseph ^a   Schnitzler, Alfons ^b   Binkofski, Ferdinand ^b   Werhahn, Konrad J ^c   Kim, Yong Son ^b   Kessler, Kirn R ^b   Benecke, Reiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Motor neglect; Motor syndrome; Paresis; Silent period; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND MUSCLE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NEGLECT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0031002202     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/120.4.605     Document Type: Article

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