Abnormal motor cortex plasticity in premanifest and very early manifest Huntington disease

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-270

  Orth, Michael ^a,c   Schippling, Sven ^a,b   Schneider, Susanne A ^a   Bhatia, Kailash P ^a   Talelli, Penelope ^a   Tabrizi, Sarah J ^a   Rothwell, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 77649097630     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.171926     Document Type: Article

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