Transcranial magnetic stimulation shows impaired transcallosal inhibition in Marchiafava-Bignami syndrome

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 749-753

  Nardone, R ^a   Venturi, A ^a   Buffone, E ^a   Covi, M ^a   Florio, I ^a   Lochner, P ^a   Psenner, K ^a   Tezzon, F ^a  

^a 'F Tappeiner' Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Ipsilateral silent period; Marchiafava Bignami disease; Transcallosal inhibition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; THIAMINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MARCHIAFAVA BIGNAMI DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPTOM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ALCOHOLISM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 33746519080     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01302.x     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Castaigne P, Buge A, Cambier J, Escourolle R, Rancurel G. La maladie de Marchiafava-Bignami: Etude anatomoclinique de dix observations. Revue Neurologique (Paris) 1971; 3: 179-196.
2. Brion S. Marchiafava-Bignami disease. In: Vinken PJ, Bruyn GW, eds. Handbook of Clinical Neurology. Amsterdam: North Holland, 1977: 229-317.
3. Kohler CG, Ances BM, Coleman AR, Ragland JD, Lazarev M, Gur RC. Marchiafava-Bignami disease: literature review and case report. Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, and Behavioral Neurology 2000; 13: 67-76.
4. Heinrich A, Runge U, Khaw A. Clinicoradiological subtypes of Marchiafava-Bignami disease. Journal of Neurology 2004; 251: 1050-1059.
5. Ferbert A, Priori A, Rothwell JC, Day BL, Colebatch JG, Marsden CD. Interhemispheric inhibition of the human motor cortex. The Journal of Physiology 1992; 453: 525-546.
6. Meyer BU, Roericht S, Graefin Einsiedl von H, Kruggel F, Weindl A. Inhibitory and excitatory interhemispheric transfers between motor cortical areas in normal humans and patients with abnormalities of the corpus callosum. Brain 1995; 118: 429-440.
7. Meyer BU, Roericht S. Callosally and transcallosally mediated motor responses induced by transcanial magnetic stimulation in man originate from the same motor cortex region. The Journal of Physiology 1996; 491P: 119P.
8. Rossini P, Barker A, Berardelli A, et al. Non invasive electrical and magnetic stimulation of the brain, spinal cord and roots: basic principles and procedures for routine clinical application: Report of IFCN committee. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 1994; 91: 79-92.
9. Valk J, der Knaap MS van. Marchiafava-Bignami syndrome. In: Valk J, der Knaap MS van, eds. Magnetic Resonance of Myelin, Myelination, and Myelin Disorders. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1989: 265-267.
10. Berek K, Wagner M, Chemelli AP, Aichner F, Benke T. Hemispheric disconnection in Marchiafava-Bignami disease: clinical, neuropsychological and MRI findings. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 1994; 123: 2-5.
11. Schmierer K, Niehaus L, Roericht, Meyer BU. Conduction deficits of callosal fibres in early multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 2000; 68: 633-638.
12. Meyer BU, Roericht S, Woiciechowsky C. Topography of fibres in the human corpus callosum mediating interhemispheric inhibition between the motor cortices. Annals of Neurology 1998; 43: 360-369.
13. Boroojerdi B, Hungs M, Mull M, Topper R, Noth J. Interhemispheric inhibition in patients with multiple sclerosis. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 1998; 109: 230-237.
14. Di Lazzaro V, Oliviero A, Pilato F, et al. Direct recording of the output of the motor cortex produced by transcranial magnetic stimulation in a patient with cerebral atrophy. Clinical Neurophysiology 2004; 115: 112-115.