Functional changes of the cortical motor system in hereditary spastic paraparesis

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 182-190

  Koritnik, B ^a   Azam, S ^b   Knific, J ^a   Zidar, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Functional imaging; Hereditary spastic paraparesis; Motor cortex; Voluntary movements

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; TIZANIDINE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARAPARESIS, SPASTIC;

EID: 69249191828     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2008.01143.x     Document Type: Article

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