Shortened cortical silent period in adductor spasmodic dysphonia: Evidence for widespread cortical excitability

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 560, Issue , 2014, Pages 12-15

  Samargia, Sharyl ^a,b   Schmidt, Rebekah ^a   Kimberley, Teresa Jacobson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adductor spasmodic dysphonia; Cortical silent period; Focal hand dystonia; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SILENT PERIOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOCAL DYSTONIA; FOCAL HAND DYSTONIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASMODIC DYSPHONIA;

ADDUCTOR SPASMODIC DYSPHONIA; CORTICAL SILENT PERIOD; FOCAL HAND DYSTONIA; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPHONIA; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84891059495     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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