Hyperexcitability and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 1544-1545

  Kiernan, Matthew C ^a   Petri, Susanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXCITABILITY; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX;

EID: 84863563902     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182563c0a     Document Type: Editorial

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