Reduced intracortical and interhemispheric inhibitions in corticobasal syndrome

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 304-312

  Pal, Pramod Kr ^a,b   Gunraj, Carolyn A ^a   Li, Jie Yuan ^a,c   Lang, Anthony E ^a   Chen, Robert ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^c KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alien limb; Corticobasal syndrome; Inhibition; Interhemispheric inhibition; Intracortical; Magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; CORTICOBASAL SYNDROME; DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; BRAIN; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 58149305858     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e318182d304     Document Type: Article

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