Callosal and corticospinal tract function in patients with hydrocephalus: A morphometric and transcranial magnetic stimulation study

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 245, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 280-288

  Röricht, Simone ^a   Meyer, Bernd Ulrich ^a   Woiciechowsky, Christian ^a   Lehmann, Rüdiger ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain morphometry; Corpus callosum; Corticospinal tract; Hydrocephalus; Transcranial magnetic brain stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SYMPTOM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SKULL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0031971786     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150050219     Document Type: Article

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