Systems-level studies of movement disorders in dystonia and Parkinson's disease

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 691-695

  Rothwell, John C ^a   Huang, Ying Zu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPLEX FORMATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; MALADJUSTMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0344255694     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2003.10.006     Document Type: Review

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