Transcranial Motor Evoked Potential Recording in a Case of Kernohan's Notch Syndrome: Case Report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 999-1003

  Binder, Devin K ^a,b   Lyon, Russ ^a   Manley, Geoffrey T ^a   Milhorat, Thomas H ^c   Marshall, Lawrence F ^c   Marion, Donald W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cerebral peduncle; Depressed cranial fracture; Electrophysiology; Hemiparesis; Kernohan's notch; Motor evoked potentials; Tentorial incisura

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; KERNOHAN NOTCH SYNDROME; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WAVEFORM;

EID: 1842587689     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000115674.15497.09     Document Type: Article

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