Investigation of paroxysmal dystonia in a patient with multiple sclerosis: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-70

  Trompetto, Carlo ^a   Avanzino, Laura ^a   Bove, Marco ^a   Buccolieri, Alessandro ^a   Uccelli, Antonio ^a   Abbruzzese, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intracortical inhibition; Multiple sclerosis; Paroxysmal dystonia; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSTONIA; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROXYSMAL DYSTONIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT INTERVAL INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DYSTONIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 37649016038     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.09.123     Document Type: Article

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