Effects of carotid endarterectomy on motor evoked potentials elicited by transcranial magnetic stimulation

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 252, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1050-1054

  Katsoulas, George ^a   Tsolakis, Ioannis ^b   Argyriou, Andreas A ^a   Polychronopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Argentou, Marianne ^b   Chroni, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Carotid endarterectomy; Motor evoked potentials; Stroke; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 25144436909     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0813-0     Document Type: Article

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