Abnormal postexcitatory and interhemispheric motor cortex inhibition in writer's cramp

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 248, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-56

  Niehaus, L ^a   Von Alt Stutterheim, K ^a   Roricht S ^a   Meyer, B U ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Focal dystonia; Motor cortex; Transcallosal inhibition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WRITER CRAMP;

ADULT; AGED; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CRAMP; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WRITING;

EID: 0035085907     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150170269     Document Type: Article

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