Unilateral cortical hyperexcitability in congenital hydrocephalus: A TMS study

Neurocase

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 456-465

  Guerra, Andrea ^a   Curcio, Giuseppe ^b,c   Pasqualetti, Patrizio ^d   Bressi, Federica ^a   Petrichella, Sara ^a   Scrascia, Federica ^a   Ponzo, David ^a,e   Ferilli, Michela ^f   Vernieri, Fabrizio ^a   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^c,f   Ferreri, Florinda ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^d FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Hyperexcitability; Mapping technique; Paired pulse; Plasticity; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CORTICAL HYPEREXCITABILITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MULTILINGUALISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCULT SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SINUSITIS; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STROOP TEST; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPLICATION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HYDROCEPHALUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84897991477     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2013.791866     Document Type: Article

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