Normal interhemispheric inhibition in persistent developmental stuttering

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 769-773

  Sommer, Martin ^a   Knappmeyer, Kathrin ^a   Hunter, Evke Jane ^a   Gudenberg, Alexander Wolffvon ^b   Neef, Nicole ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Institut der Kasseler Stottertherapie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interhemispheric; Ipsilateral silent period; Persistent developmental stuttering; Transcallosal; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROIMAGING; PERSISTENT DEVELOPMENTAL SHUTTERING; PHONEME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STUTTERING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; STUTTERING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66049105157     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22383     Document Type: Article

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