Coherent cortical and muscle discharge in cortical myoclonus

Brain

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 461-472

  Brown, P ^a,b,c   Farmer, S F ^a   Halliday, D M ^d   Marsden, J ^b   Rosenberg, J R ^d  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Coherence; Electroencephalogaphy; Myoclonus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOOT; FOREARM; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; MYOCLONUS; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0033022677     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/122.3.461     Document Type: Article

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