Motor cortex excitability in Alzheimer disease: One year follow-up study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 329, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 293-296

  Pennisi, Giovanni ^a   Alagona, Giovanna ^a   Ferri, Raffaele ^b   Greco, Salvatore ^a   Santonocito, Domenico ^a   Pappalardo, Alessandra ^a   Bella, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Cholinesterase inhibitor drugs; Motor cortex excitability; Serial transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX;

EID: 0037031566     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00701-2     Document Type: Article

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