Motor cortex excitability after thalamic infarction

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1621-1627

  Liepert, J ^a   Restemeyer, C ^a   Munchau A ^a   Weiller, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intracortical facilitation; Intracortical inhibition; Sensory motor interaction; Silent period; Thalamic infarction; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE STIMULATION; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGED; BRAIN INFARCTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; PARESIS; REACTION TIME; SENSATION DISORDERS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMIC DISEASES; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 20444389334     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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