Enhancement of single motor unit inhibitory responses to transcranial magnetic stimulation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 229-242

  Schmied, Annie ^a   Attarian, Shahram ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Inhibition; Inter spike interval; Motor neuron diseases; Motor unit; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; KENNEDY DISEASE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 48349118209     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1420-y     Document Type: Article

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