Electrophysiological features of myoclonus-dystonia

Movement Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2055-2061

  Li, Jie Yuan ^a,b,c   Cunic, Danny I ^a   Paradiso, Guillermo ^a   Gunraj, Carolyn ^a   Pal, Pramod K ^a   Lang, Anthony E ^a   Chen, Robert ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortical inhibition; Dystonia; Myoclonus; Physiology; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR CORTEX; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; MYOCLONUS; NERVE STIMULATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MYOCLONUS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; SARCOGLYCANS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 57049163559     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22273     Document Type: Article

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