Prolonged cortical silent period but normal sensorimotor plasticity in spinocerebellar ataxia 6

Movement Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 378-385

  Teo, James T H ^a   Schneider, Susanne A ^a   Cheeran, Binith J ^a   Fernandez del Olmo, Miguel ^b   Giunti, Paola ^a   Rothwell, John C ^a   Bhatia, Kailash P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Plasticity; Spinocerebellar ataxia 6; Timing; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA 6; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 43049183670     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21847     Document Type: Article

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