Axonal integrity of corticospinal projections to the upper limbs in patients with pure hereditary spastic paraplegia

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1417-1420

  Lang, Nicolas ^a   Optenhoefel, Tim ^a   Deuschl, Guenther ^a   Klebe, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; Hereditary spastic paraplegia; Pyramidal; SPG4; Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS); Triple stimulation technique (TST)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPASTICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA, HEREDITARY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 79957604636     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.12.033     Document Type: Article

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