A reappraisal of long-latency abdominal muscle reflexes in patients with propriospinal myoclonus

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1759-1762

  Ayache, Samar S ^a,b   Ahdab, Rechdi ^a,b   Brugières, Pierre ^a   Ejzenbaum, Jean François ^a   Authier, François Jérôme ^a,b   Fénelon, Gilles ^a   Lefaucheur, Jean Pascal ^a,b  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Electromyography; Fiber tracking; Propriospinal myoclonus; Reflex

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MACHINE; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR CORTEX; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC SPINE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961209849     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23645     Document Type: Article

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