Determinants of double discharges in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Kennedy disease

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1971-1977

  Weber, Markus ^a   Ferreira, Vanessa ^b   Eisen, Andrew ^c  

^a Neuromuscular Diseases Unit   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Double discharge; Kennedy disease; Motor neuron; PSTH; Single unit recording; Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOMOTONEURONAL DISEASE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; KENNEDY DISEASE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPIKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BULBO-SPINAL ATROPHY, X-LINKED; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 70350704670     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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