Sensorimotor cortex excitability in Unverricht-Lundborg disease and Lafora body disease

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2309-2315

  Canafoglia, L ^a   Ciano, C ^a   Panzica, F ^a   Scaioli, V ^a   Zucca, C ^b   Agazzi, P ^a   Visani, E ^a   Avanzini, G ^a   Franceschetti, S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LONG LOOP REFLEX; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION;

EID: 11144303456     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000147475.71345.AA     Document Type: Article

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