The latency distribution of motor evoked potentials in patients with multiple sclerosis

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2414-2421

  Firmin, Lea ^a   Müller, Samuel ^b   Rösler, Kai M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central conduction time; Motor evoked potentials; Multiple sclerosis; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Triple stimulation technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRIPLE STIMULATION TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84869080653     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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