Somatosensory temporal discrimination threshold is increased in patients with cerebellar atrophy

Cerebellum

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 456-459

  Manganelli, Fiore ^a   Dubbioso, Raffaele ^a   Pisciotta, Chiara ^a   Antenora, Antonella ^a   Nolano, Maria ^b   De Michele, Giuseppe ^a   Filla, Alessandro ^a   Berardelli, Alfredo ^c   Santoro, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellar ataxia; Cerebellar atrophy; Electrical stimulation; STDT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE ATAXIA RATING SCALE SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMODULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SOMATOSENSORY TEMPORAL DISCRIMINATION THRESHOLD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883654231     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-012-0435-x     Document Type: Article

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