Characteristic response to transcranial magnetic stimulation in Rett syndrome

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 100-103

  Nezu, Atsuo ^a   Kimura, Seiji ^a   Takeshita, Saoko ^a   Tanaka, Miyabi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central motor conduction time; Motor cortical excitability; Rett syndrome; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RETT SYNDROME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RETT SYNDROME; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0031897760     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(97)00081-7     Document Type: Article

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