Focal clonus elicited by electrical stimulation of the motor cortex in humans

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 155-166

  Hamer, Hajo M ^a   Lüders, Hans O ^b   Rosenow, Felix ^a   Najm, Imad ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonus; Electrical stimulation; Epilepsy; Human; Motor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CLONUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL SUMMATION; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TEMPORAL SUMMATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, PARTIAL, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLES; NEURAL INHIBITION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0036753188     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(02)00104-3     Document Type: Article

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