Motor cortex excitability in stiff-person syndrome

Brain

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2231-2239

  Sandbrink, Friedhelm ^a   Syed, Nadir Ali ^a   Fujii, Mavis D ^a   Dalakas, Marinos C ^a   Floeter, Mary Kay ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b MSC 1404 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Intracortical excitation; Intracortical inhibition; Silent period; Stiff person syndrome; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0033765348     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/123.11.2231     Document Type: Article

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