Motor Neuron dysfunction in frontotemporal dementia

Brain

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2582-2594

  Burrell, James R ^a,b   Kiernan, Matthew C ^a,b   Vucic, Steve ^a,c   Hodges, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

biomarkers; frontotemporal dementia; motor neuron disease; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS FUNCTIONAL RATING SCORE REVISED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LIMB WEAKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL SUM SCORE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE NONFLUENT APHASIA; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA;

EID: 80052924149     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr195     Document Type: Article

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