Abnormalities of sensory processing and sensorimotor interactions in secondary dystonia: A neurophysiological study in two patients

Movement Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 354-360

  Tamburin, Stefano ^a,b   Zanette, Giampietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche e della Visione   (Italy)

Author keywords

Secondary dystonia; Sensorimotor integration; Sensory system; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHETOSIS; CASE REPORT; DATA ANALYSIS; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FINGER; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; HYPOTHESIS; LIMB DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NECK INJURY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADULT; BRAIN; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SKULL;

EID: 18144428658     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20301     Document Type: Article

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