Cortical excitability testing distinguishes Kennedy's disease from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1088-1096

  Vucic, Steve ^a,b,c   Kiernan, Matthew C ^a,b,c  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.; Cortical excitability; Kennedy's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENNEDY DISEASE; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE DEGENERATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 41449091686     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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