Altered motor cortex excitability to magnetic stimulation in alcohol withdrawal syndrome

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 628-632

  Nardone, Raffaele ^a,b   Bergmann, Jürgen ^a   Kronbichler, Martin ^a   Caleri, Francesca ^b   Lochner, Piergiorgio ^b   Tezzon, Frediano ^b   Ladurner, Gunther ^a   Golaszewski, Stefan ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b FRANZ TAPPEINER HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome; Ethanol; Glutamate; Intracortical Facilitation; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; PLACEBO; RILUZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG TOLERANCE; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NAUSEA; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ETHANOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77949919454     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01131.x     Document Type: Article

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