Ordered motor-unit firing behavior in acute cerebellar stroke

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2769-2774

  Sauvage, Chloe ^a   Manto, Mario ^a,d   Adam, Alexander ^b   Roark, Rick ^c   Jissendi, Patrice ^a   De Luca, Carlo J ^b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; BISOPROLOL; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 33751242452     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00268.2006     Document Type: Article

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