Neurophysiological investigation of congenital mirror movements in a patient with agenesis of the corpus callosum

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-140

  Lepage, Jean François ^a,b   Beaulé, Vincent ^a   Srour, Myriam ^b   Rouleau, Guy ^b   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^c   Lassonde, Maryse ^a,b   Théoret, Hugo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

agenesis; corpus callosum; mirror movements; motor cortex; neurophysiology; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MIRROR MOVEMENT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DYSKINESIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGENESIS OF CORPUS CALLOSUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84861228899     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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