Thalamic stimulation restores defective cerebellocortical inhibition in multiple sclerosis tremor

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 467-469

  Ayache, Samar S ^a   Ahdab, Rechdi ^a   Neves, Danusa O ^a   Nguyen, Jean Paul ^a   Lefaucheur, Jean Pascal ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; TREMOR; CEREBELLUM; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THALAMUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREMOR;

EID: 67651115994     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22416     Document Type: Letter

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