Emerging concepts in the physiological basis of dystonia

Movement Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 958-967

  Quartarone, Angelo ^a,b,c,d   Hallett, Mark ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

basal ganglia; Dystonia; sensory motor plasticity; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; DYSTONIA; FOCAL DYSTONIA; GENERALIZED DYSTONIA; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 84880764590     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.25532     Document Type: Review

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