Asymmetry of cortical excitability revealed by transcranial stimulation in a patient with focal motor epilepsy and cortical myoclonus

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-72

  Inghilleri, Maurizio ^a,b   Mattia, Donatella ^a,b   Berardelli, Alfredo ^a,b   Manfredi, Mario ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Instituo Neurologico M   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Cortical myoclonus; Focal motor epilepsy; Transcranial stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MYOCLONUS; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, PARTIAL, MOTOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCLONUS;

EID: 0031934047     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(97)00062-3     Document Type: Article

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