Motor excitability in myopathy

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-89

  Liepert, Joachim ^a   Schoser, Benedikt G H ^a   Weiller, Cornelius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intracortical inhibition; Myopathy; Spinal excitability; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOPATHY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0347990374     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(03)00322-5     Document Type: Article

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