Central motor conduction to lower limb after transcranial magnetic stimulation in spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2)

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 630-635

  Restivo, D A ^a   Giuffrida, S ^a   Rapisarda, G ^a   Antonuzzo, A ^a   Saponara, R ^a   Reggio, A ^a   Trovato Salinaro, A ^a   Raffaele, R ^a   Domina, E ^a   Trovato, A ^a   Condorelli, D F ^a   Pennisi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia; Central motor conduction; Follow up in ataxias; Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0034177380     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00305-3     Document Type: Article

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