Motor cortex hyperexcitability in subcortical ischemic vascular dementia

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Pennisi, Giovanni ^a   Ferri, Raffaele ^b   Alagona, Giovanna ^c   Pennisi, Manuela ^a   Malaguarnera, Giulia ^c   Motta, Massimo ^c   Bella, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^c CANNIZZARO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Motor cortex excitability; Subcortical cerebrovascular disease; Subcortical ischemic vascular dementia; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR THRESHOLD; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILENT PERIOD; SUBCORTICAL ISCHEMIC DISEASE WITHOUT DEMENTIA; SUBCORTICAL ISCHEMIC VASCULAR DEMENTIA; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79960105632     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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