Reduced intracortical facilitation in patients with cerebellar degeneration

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 318-323

  Liepert, J ^a,c   Wessel, K ^b,d   Schwenkreis, P ^a   Trillenberg, P ^b   Otto, V ^b,d   Vorgerd, M ^a   Malin, J P ^a   Tegenthoff, M ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d Clinic of Braunschweig   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellar degeneration; Intracortical facilitation; Intracortical inhibition; Postexcitatory inhibition; Transcranial double magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0031794817     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1998.tb01741.x     Document Type: Article

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