Changes in cortically induced inhibition in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with time

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 310-317

  Attarian, Shahram ^a   Pouget, Jean ^a   Schmied, Annie ^b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Motor unit; Transcranial magnetic stimulation inhibition

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MOTOR UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 62849084572     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21137     Document Type: Article

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