Tongue's motor evoked potentials in the diagnosis of Primary Lateral Sclerosis (PLS): Preliminary report

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 316, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 67-71

  Bocci, Tommaso ^a,b   Briscese, Lucia ^a   Giorli, Elisa ^a,b   Pecori, Chiara ^a   Sartucci, Ferdinando ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Motor evoked potentials; Motor neuron disease; Primary lateral sclerosis; Tongue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BULBAR MUSCLE; CENTRAL MOTOR CONDUCTION TIME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLATERAL SILENT PERIOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE; PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TONGUE; TONGUE MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; TONGUE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84859443232     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2012.01.028     Document Type: Article

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