Cortical activation to voluntary movement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is related to corticospinal damage: Electrophysiological evidence

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1586-1592

  Riva, N ^a   Falini, A ^a   Inuggi, A ^a   Gonzalez Rosa, J J ^a   Amadio, S ^a   Cerri, F ^a   Fazio, R ^a   Del Carro, U ^a   Comola, M ^a   Comi, G ^a   Leocani, L ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cortico spinal tract; DWI; EEG; Motor neuron disease; Neurophysiology; TMS

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR POLLICIS BREVIS MUSCLE; ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSPINAL DAMAGE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVENT RELATED SYNCHRONIZATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SPINE INJURY; THUMB; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 84863191533     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.12.013     Document Type: Article

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