Intraoperative motor evoked potentials monitoring in spinal neurosurgery

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 137, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 115-126

  Cioni, B ^a   Meglio, M ^a   Rossi, G F ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINE SURGERY;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MOTOR CORTEX; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032960268     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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