Continuous intrathecal baclofen infusions induced a marked increase of the transcranially evoked silent period in a patient with generalized dystonia

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1209-1212

  Siebner, Hartwig R ^a   Dressnandt, Juergen ^a   Auer, Carola ^a   Conrad, Bastian ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical inhibition; Dystonia; Intrathecal baclofen therapy; Silent period; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; DYSTONIA; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BACLOFEN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MAGNETICS; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0031902317     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199809)21:9<1209::AID-MUS15>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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