Neurophysiology of blepharospasm and multiple system atrophy: Clues to its pathophysiology (multiple letters)

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-201

  Leon Sarmiento, Fidias E ^a,c,e   Bayona Prieto, Jaime ^b,c   Gomez, Jimena ^d   Okuma, Yasuyuki ^f   Kagohashi, Maki ^f   Mizuno, Yoshikuni ^g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE PAMPLONA   (Colombia)

^c Neurbio Humana Neurol Clin Y F   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^f JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

BASAL GANGLION; BLEPHAROSPASM; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 17044435051     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2004.07.011     Document Type: Letter

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