Central mechanisms in human enhanced physiological tremor

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 135-138

  Koster B ^a   Lauk, M ^b   Timmer, J ^b   Winter, T ^c   Guschlbauer, B ^a   Glocker, F X ^a   Danek, A ^d   Deuschl, G ^e   Lucking C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Zentrum Datenanalyse/Modellbildung   (Germany)

^c Schwarzwaldklinik   (Germany)

^d Neurologischen Klinikums   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enhanced physiological tremor; Persistent mirror movements; Salbutamol; Transcortical mechanisms

Indexed keywords

SALBUTAMOL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; NERVE PROJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REFLEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREMOR;

ADULT; BRAIN; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TREMOR;

EID: 0345403574     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00015-9     Document Type: Article

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