Does the motor cortex influence denervation in ALS? EMG studies of muscles with both contralateral and bilateral corticospinal innervation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 629-635

  De Carvalho, Mamede ^a   Pinto, Susana ^b   Swash, Michael ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR JOÃO LOBO ANTUNES   (Portugal)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; EMG; Fasciculation potentials; Sternomastoid muscle; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Trapezius muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 78751607762     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.07.019     Document Type: Article

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