Demyelination and axonal degeneration in corpus callosum assessed by analysis of transcallosally mediated inhibition in multiple sclerosis

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 748-756

  Hoppner J ^a   Kunesch, E ^a   Buchmann, J ^a   Hess, A ^a   Grossmann A ^a   Benecke, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Focal transcranial magnetic cortex stimulation; Multiple sclerosis; Transcallosal inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMYELINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0344654689     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(98)00075-3     Document Type: Article

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