Disinhibition of somatosensory evoked potential recovery in alcoholics

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 896-900

  Mochizuki, H ^a,b   Masaki, T ^a,c   Matsushita, S ^a   Kamakura, K ^b   Motoyoshi, K ^b   Higuchi, S ^a  

^a KURIHAMA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcoholism; Cognitive impairment; Primary sensory cortex; Recovery function; Somatosensory evoked potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NERVE STIMULATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WRIST;

ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 33746406715     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01252.x     Document Type: Article

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