Cerebellar theta burst stimulation in stroke patients with ataxia

Functional Neurology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-45

  Bonnì, Sonia ^a   Ponzo, Viviana ^a   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,b   Koch, Giacomo ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellar stroke; Intracortical facilitation; Theta burst stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSMETRIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; QUADRIPLEGIA; THETA BURST STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL FEEDBACK; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; COMPLICATION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ATAXIA; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84904259847     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: 19713274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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