Short interval intracortical facilitation correlates with the degree of disability in multiple sclerosis

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-71

  Mori, Francesco ^a,b   Kusayanagi, Hajime ^a,b   Monteleone, Fabrizia ^a,b   Moscatelli, Alessandro ^b   Nicoletti, Carolina G ^a   Bernardi, Giorgio ^a,b   Centonze, Diego ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

EDSS; Functional connectivity; Neurodegeneration; Paired pulse; SICF; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACORTICAL FACILITATION; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT INTERVAL INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84873414541     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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