Motor nerve hyperexcitability and muscle cramps in Machado-Joseph disease

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-

  Kanai, Kazuaki ^a   Kuwabara, Satoshi ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

FASCICULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CRAMP; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; GROWTH CONE; INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; BRAZIL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; AXONS; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GROWTH CONES; HUMANS; MACHADO-JOSEPH DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS;

EID: 58449085585     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2008.515     Document Type: Letter

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