A distinctive pattern of cortical excitability in patients with the syndrome of dystonia and cerebellar ataxia

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1816-1819

  Talelli, Penelope ^a   Hoffland, Britt S ^a,b   Schneider, Susanne A ^a   Edwards, Mark J ^a   Bhatia, Kailash P ^a   Van de Warrenburg, Bart P C ^b   Rothwell, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Intracortical inhibition; The syndrome of dystonia and cerebellar ataxia (DYTCA); Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSPINAL EXCITABILITY; DYSTONIA; DYSTONIA AND CEREBELLAR ATAXIA SYNDROME; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79960893012     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.02.029     Document Type: Article

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