Transcranial magnetic stimulation in ALS: Utility of central motor conduction tests

Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 498-504

  Floyd, A G ^a   Yu, Q P ^a   Piboolnurak, P ^a   Tang, M X ^c   Fang, Y ^a   Smith, W A ^a   Yim, J ^a   Rowland, L P ^a,b   Mitsumoto, H ^b   Pullman, S L ^a,d  

^a Department of Neurology   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology   (United States)

^c Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^d NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; AGED; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CONDUCTION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 62149135315     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000341933.97883.a4     Document Type: Article

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