Impaired interhemispheric inhibition in writer's cramp

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 441-447

  Nelson, A J ^a,b   Hoque, T ^a   Gunraj, C ^a   Ni, Z ^a   Chen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOCAL HAND DYSTONIA; HUMAN; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CRAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WRITER'S CRAMP;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; REST; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77955381377     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181ebdda0     Document Type: Article

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