Functional magnetic resonance imaging in primary writing tremor and writer's cramp: A pilot study

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 192-197

  Sahni, Hirdesh ^a   Jayakumar, Peruvumba N ^a   Pal, Pramod Kumar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

fMRI; primary writing tremor; writer s cramp

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WRITER'S CRAMP; WRITING TREMOR;

EID: 77958113423     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.70884     Document Type: Article

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