MEP recruitment curves in multiple sclerosis and hereditary spastic paraplegia

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 237, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 25-29

  Jorgensen L M ^a   Nielsen, J E ^a,b   Ravnborg, M ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Axonal degeneration; Demyelination; Hereditary spastic paraplegia; MEP; Motor evoked potentials; Multiple sclerosis; Recruitment curves; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA, HEREDITARY; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 25644454504     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. B.D. Trapp, R.M. Ransohoff, E. Fisher, and R.A. Rudick Neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis: relationship to neurological disability Neuroscientist 5 1999 48 57
2. Kerschensteiner, F.M. Bareyre, B.S. Buddeberg, D. Merkler, C. Stadelmann, and W. Bruck Remodeling of axonal connections contributes to recovery in an animal model of multiple sclerosis J Exp Med 200 8 2004 1027 1038
3. J.E. Nielsen, K. Krabbe, P. Jennum, P. Koefoed, L.N. Jensen, and K. Fenger Autosomal dominant pure spastic paraplegia: a clinical, paraclinical, and genetic study J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 64 1998 61 66
4. M. Ravnborg, M. Gronbech-Jensen, and A. Jonsson The MS impairment scale: a pragmatic approach to the assessment of impairment in patients with multiple sclerosis Mult Scler 3 1997 31 42
5. H. Devanne, B.A. Lavoie, and C. Capaday Input-output properties and gain changes in the human corticospinal pathway Exp Brain Res 114 1997 329 338
6. N.J. Davey, H.C. Smith, G. Savic, D.W. Maskill, P.H. Ellaway, and H.L. Frankel Comparison of input-output patterns in the corticospinal system of normal subjects and incomplete spinal cord injured patients Exp Brain Res 127 1999 382 390
7. R. Chen, A. Tam, C. Butefisch, B. Corwell, U. Ziemann, and J.C. Rothwell Intracortical inhibition and facilitation in different representations of the human motor cortex J Neurophysiol 80 1998 2870 2881
8. M.C. Ridding, and J.C. Rothwell Stimulus/response curves as a method of measuring motor cortical excitability in man Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 105 1997 340 344
9. B.L. Plassman, and S.C. Gandevia Comparison of human motor cortical projections to abdominal muscles and intrinsic muscles of the hand Exp Brain Res 78 1989 301 308
10. P.M. Rossini, E. Di-Stefano, and P. Stanzione Nerve impulse propagation along central and peripheral fast conducting motor and sensory pathways in man Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 60 1985 320 334
11. C.W. Hess, K.R. Mills, and N.M. Murray Responses in small hand muscles from magnetic stimulation of the human brain J Physiol 388 1987 397 419
12. P.M. Rossini, M.D. Caramia, and F. Zarola Mechanisms of nervous propagation along central motor pathways: noninvasive evaluation in healthy subjects and in patients with neurological disease Neurosurgery 20 1987 183 191
13. S.L. Helmers, K.H. Chiappa, D. Cros, N. Gupta, and J. Santamaria Magnetic stimulation of the human motor cortex: facilitation and its relationship to a visual motor task J Clin Neurophysiol 6 1989 321 332
14. C.L. Lim, and C. Yiannikas Motor evoked potentials: a new method of controlled facilitation using quantitative surface EMG Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 85 1992 38 41