Cortico-cortical inhibition of the motor cortical area projecting to sternocleidomastoid muscle in normals and patients with spasmodic torticollis or essential tremor

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 391-396

  Hanajima, Ritsuko ^a   Ugawa, Yoshikazu ^a   Terao, Yasuo ^a   Sakai, Katsuyuki ^a   Furubayashi, Toshiaki ^a   Machii, Katsuyuki ^a   Uesugi, Haruo ^a   Mochizuki, Hitoshi ^a   Kanazawa, Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortico cortical inhibition; Magnetic stimulation; Motor cortex; Spasmodic torticollis; Sternocleidomastoid muscle

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASMODIC TORTICOLLIS; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NECK MUSCLES; NEURAL INHIBITION; REFERENCE VALUES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TORTICOLLIS; TREMOR;

EID: 0031785665     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(98)00036-8     Document Type: Article

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