Inhibition of the dorsal premotor cortex does not repair surround inhibition in writer's cramp patients

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-92

  Veugen, Lidwien C ^a   Hoffland, Britt S ^a   Stegeman, Dick F ^a,b   Van De Warrenburg, Bart P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dorsal premotor cortex; Dystonia; Surround inhibition; TMS; Writer's cramp

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL PREMOTOR CORTEX; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WRITER'S CRAMP; WRITING;

AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84877076571     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3350-y     Document Type: Article

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