Cortical excitability of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Transcranial magnetic stimulation study

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-79

  Khedr, E M ^a   Ahmed, M A ^a   Hamdy, A ^a   Shawky, O A ^a  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

ALS; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cortical excitability; Cortical silent period; Transcallosal inhibition; Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT INHIBITION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79957651236     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: 17697131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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