Direct demonstration of long latency cortico-cortical inhibition in normal subjects and in a patient with vascular parkinsonism

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1673-1679

  Di Lazzaro, V ^a   Oliviero, A ^a   Mazzone, P ^b   Pilato, F ^a   Saturno, E ^a   Insola, A ^b   Visocchi, M ^c   Colosimo, C ^d   Tonali, P A ^a,e   Rothwell, J C ^f  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Neurosurgery and Neurophysiology CTO   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^e CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Intracortical inhibitory circuits; Motor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EPIDURAL SPACE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; LOW BACK PAIN; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BACK PAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EPIDURAL SPACE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARKINSON DISEASE; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0036849221     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(02)00264-X     Document Type: Article

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