Impaired modulation of motor cortex excitability by homonymous and heteronymous muscle afferents in focal hand dystonia

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 523-527

  Lourenço, George ^a,b   Meunier, Sabine ^a,b   Vidailhet, Marie ^a,c   Simonetta Moreau, Marion ^a,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^d CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

Focal hand dystonia; Muscle afferent input; Sensorimotor system; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DYSTONIA; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; POSTURE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34247212187     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21312     Document Type: Article

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