Cortical reflex myoclonus studied with cortical electrodes

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1521-1530

  Ashby, P ^a   Chen, R ^a   Wennberg, R ^a   Lozano, A M ^a   Lang, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortical inhibition; Cortical myoclonus; Cortical stimulation; Motor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMBUCIL; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE REPORT; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TIBIAL NERVE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MUSCLES; MYOCLONUS; REFLEX;

EID: 0032879918     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00101-7     Document Type: Article

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