Can transcranial magnetic stimulation be used to evaluate patients with narcolepsy?

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1411-1420

  Vijayakumari, Anupa A ^a   Khan, Fayaz R ^a   Varma, Ravi Prasad ^a   Radhakrishnan, Ashalatha ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Narcolepsy; Sleep; TMS

Indexed keywords

CLOMIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MODAFINIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL MOTOR CONDUCTION TIME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SILENT PERIOD; DRUG EFFICACY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MOTOR CORTEX; MULTIPLE SLEEP LATENCY TEST; NARCOLEPSY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; REM SLEEP; RESTING MOTOR THRESHOLD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOLEPSY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883196296     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-012-1253-0     Document Type: Article

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