Sensory tricks and brain excitability in cervical dystonia: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study

Movement Disorders

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1185-1188

  Amadio, Stefano ^a   Houdayer, Elise ^a   Bianchi, Francesca ^a   Tesfaghebriel Tekle, Habtom ^a   Urban, Ivan Pietro ^a   Butera, Calogera ^a   Guerriero, Roberta ^a   Cursi, Marco ^a   Leocani, Letizia ^a   Comi, Giancarlo ^a   Del Carro, Ubaldo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervical dystonia; Intracortical facilitation; Intracortical inhibition; Sensory trick; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; NEUROTOXIN;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TORTICOLLIS; TOUCH; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BOTULINUM TOXINS; BRAIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROTOXINS; TORTICOLLIS; TOUCH; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84906098077     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.25888     Document Type: Article

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