Abnormal cortical excitability with preserved brainstem and spinal reflexes in sialidosis type I

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1042-1050

  Huang, Ying Zu ^a   Lai, Szu Chia ^a   Lu, Chin Song ^a   Weng, Yi Hsin ^a   Chuang, Wen Li ^a   Chen, Rou Shayn ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blink reflex; Epilepsy; Myoclonus; Reciprocal inhibition; Sialidosis; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SIALIDOSIS; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SPINAL REFLEX;

ADULT; BLINKING; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOLIPIDOSES; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 41449083238     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.01.023     Document Type: Article

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