Pathological oscillatory coupling within the human motor system in different tremor syndromes as revealed by magnetoencephalography

Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 2004, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Timmermann, L ^a,b   Gross, J ^a   Butz, M ^a   Kircheis, G ^a   Haussinger, D ^a   Schnitzler, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b Neurologische Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asterixis; Basal ganglia; Coherence; Corticomuscular; Coupling; Hepatic encephalopathy; MEG; Parkinson's disease; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; DIENCEPHALON; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLAPPING TREMOR; FOREARM; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

EID: 29144439895     PISSN: 15268748     EISSN: 15268748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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