Motor cortex excitability in restless legs syndrome

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 393-396

  Scalise, Anna ^a   Cadore, Italo Pittaro ^a   Gigli, Gian Luigi ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Cortical inhibition; Cortical plasticity; Delayed facilitation; Restless legs syndrome; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 3042639670     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2004.01.011     Document Type: Article

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