Assessment of postexcitatory inhibition in patients with focal dystonia

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 260-264

  Schwenkreis, Peter ^a   Vorgerd, M ^b   Malin, J P ^b   Tegenthoff, M ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Focal dystonia; Postexcitatory inhibition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; TORTICOLLIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0032856485     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1999.tb00391.x     Document Type: Article

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