Motor unit firing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other upper and lower motor neurone disorders

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2312-2318

  de Carvalho, Mamede ^a,b,c   Turkman, Antónia ^d   Swash, Michael ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR JOÃO LOBO ANTUNES   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Lower motor neuron; Motor unit recruitment; Upper motor neuron

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PLASTICITY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; POLYNEUROPATHIES; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84866991529     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.04.016     Document Type: Article

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