Motor cortical excitability studied with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with Huntington's disease

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1677-1681

  Lorenzano, C ^a   Dinapoli, L ^b   Gilio, F ^a,b   Suppa, A ^a   Bagnato, S ^b   Curra A ^a,b   Inghilleri, M ^a   Berardelli, A ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Hyperkinetic disorders; Repetitive magnetic transcranial stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INTERNEURON; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33746263888     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.04.012     Document Type: Article

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