Remote effects of cortical dysgenesis on the primary motor cortex: Evidence from the silent period following transcranial magnetic stimulation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1340-1345

  Cincotta, Massimo ^a   Borgheresi, Alessandra ^a   Guidi, Leonello ^b   Macucci, Marco ^b   Cosottini, Mirco ^c   Lambruschini, Paolo ^b   Benvenuti, Francesco ^d   Zaccara, Gaetano ^a  

^a Unita' Operativa di Cardiochirurgia   (Italy)

^b Azienda Sanitaria N11 Empoli   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical dysgenesis; Epilepsy; Inhibition; Motor cortex; Silent period; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE PROJECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0034256029     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(00)00330-8     Document Type: Article

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