Transcranial direct current stimulation does not modulate motor cortex excitability in patients with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-114

  Munneke, Moniek A M ^a   Stegeman, Dick F ^a,b   Hengeveld, Yvonne A ^a   Rongen, Jan J ^a   Jurgen Schelhaas, H ^a   Zwarts, Machiel J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cortical excitability; Paired pulse TMS; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CATHODAL TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR CORTEX EXCITABILITY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79959303196     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22012     Document Type: Article

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