Covariation of corticospinal efficiency and silent period in motoneuron diseases

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 178-188

  Attarian, S ^a   Pouget, J ^a   Schmied, A ^b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Kennedy's disease; Motor evoked potentials; Silent period; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KENNEDY DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 33746826063     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20570     Document Type: Article

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