The motor cortex and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 564-573

  Eisen, Andrew ^a   Weber, Markus ^a  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Corticomotoneurons; Motor cortex; Transneuronal degeneration

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0035079788     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.1042     Document Type: Review

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