Abnormal tactile temporal discrimination in psychogenic dystonia

Neurology

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1191-1197

  Morgante, F ^a   Tinazzi, M ^b   Squintani, G ^b   Martino, D ^c   Defazio, G ^c   Romito, L ^d   Albanese, A ^d   Di Matteo, A ^b   Quartarone, A ^a   Girlanda, P ^a   Fiorio, M ^b   Berardelli, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSTONIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC DYSTONIA; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TIME PERCEPTION; TORSION DYSTONIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSTONIC DISORDER; ELECTROSTIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOUCH;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DYSTONIC DISORDERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME PERCEPTION; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80555143060     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31822f0449     Document Type: Article

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