Sensitivity of transcranial magnetic stimulation of cortico-bulbar vs. cortico-spinal tract involvement in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 248, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 850-855

  Urban, Peter P ^a   Wicht, S ^a   Hopf, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cortico bulbar tract; Cortico spinal tract; Facial nerve; Hypoglossal nerve; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TONGUE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EXTREMITIES; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TONGUE;

EID: 0034797639     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150170068     Document Type: Article

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