Prolonged central motor conduction time of lower limb muscle in spinocerebellar ataxia 6

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 381-383

  Chen, Jen Tse ^a,b,c   Lin, Yung Yang ^a,b   Lee, Yi Chung ^a,b   Soong, Bing Wen ^a,b   Wu, Zin An ^a,b   Liao, Kwong Kum ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Motor conduction time; Motor evoked potential; SCA6; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION TYPE 6; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 2342514016     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2003.08.006     Document Type: Article

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