Hemiparkinson-hemiatrophy syndrome: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 235-240

  Nardone, R ^a   Lochner, P ^a   Tezzon, F ^a  

^a F Tappeiner Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hemiparkinson hemiatrophy; Intracortical inhibition; Silent period; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEMIPARKINSON HEMIATROPHY SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREMOR;

ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SYNDROME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0038167539     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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