Motor cortical reflex myoclonus: A case study with MEG

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 505-511

  Terao, Yasuo ^a   Ugawa, Yoshikazu ^a   Hanajima, Ritsuko ^a   Yumoto, Masato ^b   Kawahara, Yukio ^a   Yamamoto, Tomotaka ^a   Shirouzu, Ichiro ^b   Kanazawa, Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortical reflex myoclonus; Jerk locked back averaging; Magnetoencephalography; Motor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MOTOR CORTEX; MYOCLONUS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031172489     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(97)96122-1     Document Type: Article

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