Reduced cerebral cortex inhibition in dystonia: Direct evidence in humans

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 834-839

  Di Lazzaro, V ^a,b   Oliviero, A ^c   Profice, P ^a   Dileone, M ^a   Pilato, F ^a   Insola, A ^d   Della Marca, G ^a   Tonali, P A ^a,b   Mazzone, P ^d  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE PARAPLÉJICOS   (Spain)

^d Neurochirurgia CTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dystonia; GABA; I waves; Motor cortex; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSTONIA; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPHYSICS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 63549132371     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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