Effects of lacosamide and carbamazepine on human motor cortex excitability: A double-blind, placebo-controlled transcranial magnetic stimulation study

Seizure

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 726-730

  Lang, Nicolas ^a   Rothkegel, Holger ^a   Peckolt, Hannes ^a   Deuschl, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Epilepsy; Lacosamide; Motor threshold; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Voltage gated sodium channel

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; HARKOSERIDE; PLACEBO;

APATHY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FATIGUE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SIDE EFFECT; SYNAPSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION SYSTEM; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

CARBAMAZEPINE; EPILEPSY; LACOSAMIDE; MOTOR THRESHOLD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACETAMIDES; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885584290     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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