Impaired efficacy of spinal presynaptic mechanisms in spastic stroke patients

Brain

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 734-748

  Lamy, Jean Charles ^a,b   Wargon, Isabelle ^a,b   Mazevet, Dominique ^a,b,c   Ghanim, Zad ^a,b,c   Pradat Diehl, Pascale ^a,b,c   Katz, Rose ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Post activation depression; Presynaptic Ia inhibition; Spasticity; Stroke; Upper and lower limbs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; SPINE; STROKE PATIENT; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 64849087934     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn310     Document Type: Article

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