Altered cortical inhibitory function in children with spastic diplegia: A TMS study

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 611-618

  Vry, Julia ^a   Linder Lucht, Michaela ^a   Berweck, Steffen ^b   Bonati, Ulrike ^c   Hodapp, Maike ^a   Uhl, Markus ^a   Faist, Michael ^a   Mall, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Corticospinal tract; Periventricular leukomalacia; Silent period; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; LEUKOMALACIA; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPASTIC DIPLEGIA; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 43349089316     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1267-7     Document Type: Article

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