Motor responses evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation and peripheral nerve stimulation in the ulnar innervation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: The effect of upper and lower motor neuron lesion

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 210, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 83-90

  De Carvalho, Mamede ^a   Turkman, Antónia ^b   Swash, Michael ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Central conduction time; Cortical threshold; Motor amplitude; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HAND; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0037624583     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(03)00024-8     Document Type: Article

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