Analysis of motor pathway involvement in konzo using transcranial electrical and magnetic stimulation

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 230-235

  Tshala Katumbay, Desire ^a,b   Eeg Olofsson, Karin Edebol ^b   Kazadi Kayembe, Theodore ^a   Tylleskär, Thorkild ^b   Fällmar, Peo ^b  

^a Kinshasa University Hospital   (Congo)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Central conduction time; Cortical excitability; Konzo; Transcranial stimulation; Upper motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI MUSCLE; ABDUCTOR POLLICIS BREVIS MUSCLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; KONZO; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0036163981     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10029     Document Type: Article

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