Is the rhythm of physiological tremor involved in cortico-cortical interactions?

Movement Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 458-465

  Raethjen, Jan ^a   Lindemann, Michael ^a   Morsnowski, Andre ^a   Dümpelmann, Matthias ^b   Wenzelburger, Roland ^a   Stolze, Henning ^a   Fietzek, Urban ^a   Pfister, Gerd ^a   Elger, Christian E ^b   Timmer, Jens ^c   Deuschl, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corticomuscular coherence; Motor cortex; Partial coherence; Physiological tremor; SMA

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TREMOR;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE NET; PERIODICITY; TREMOR;

EID: 2342419543     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10686     Document Type: Article

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