Cortical silent period prolongation in spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2)

Functional Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-41

  Restivo, Domenico A ^a,b,d   Lanza, Sara ^c   Giuffrida, Salvatore ^d   Le Pira, Francesco ^d   Drago, Maria Teresa ^d   Di Mauro, Rosario ^b   Palmeri, Agostino ^b   Puzo, Daniela ^b   Di Bella, Paolo ^b   Sessa, Edoardo ^b   Rifici, Carmela ^b   D'Aleo, Giangaetano ^b   Muscarà, Nunzio ^b   Bramanti, Placido ^b,e  

^a GARIBALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^d IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical silent period; Idiopathic cerebellar ataxia; Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERNEURON; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; STUDENT T TEST; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3042531424     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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