Transcallosal inhibition in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 301-307

  Wittstock, M ^a   Wolters, A ^a   Benecke, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Transcallosal inhibition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE COURSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 33845945129     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.09.026     Document Type: Article

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