Dystonia: A sensory and motor disorder of short latency inhibition

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-127

  Hallett, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EDITORIAL; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FOCAL DYSTONIA; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HETEROZYGOTE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TIME PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DYSTONIA; HUMANS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SENSATION DISORDERS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70149091495     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21762     Document Type: Editorial

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