Motor cortex excitability in Alzheimer's disease and in subcortical ischemic vascular dementia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 362, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-98

  Alagona, Giovanna ^a   Ferri, Raffaele ^b   Pennisi, Giovanni ^a,d   Carnemolla, Anna ^a   Maci, Tiziana ^a   Domina, Elisabetta ^a   De Noordhout, Alain Maertens ^c   Bella, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^c Centre Hospitalier Regional de La Citadelle   (Belgium)

^d Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria VE Ferrarotto   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Motor cortex excitability; Subcortical ischemic vascular dementia; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCORTICAL ISCHEMIC VASCULAR DEMENTIA; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX;

EID: 2942589180     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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