Motor evoked potentials in rats with congenital hydrocephalus

Neurological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 305-308

  Chiba, Atsushi ^a   Ohta, Yoshio ^b   Oshio, Ken Ichi ^a   Inase, Masahiko ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KINDAI UNIVERSITY NARA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Hydrocephalus; Intracranial pressure; Magnetic stimulation; Pyramidal tract

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX EXCITABILITY; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LATENT PERIOD; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY;

EID: 0242584826     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164103101201391     Document Type: Article

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