Motor Cortex Excitability After Cerebellar Infarction
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Motor cortex excitability after cerebellar infarction.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The cerebellum has an influence on motor excitability. We investigated if the location of a cerebellar infarction was crucial for changes of motor cortex excitability and if the electrophysiological findings were correlated with motor performance. METHODS Transcranial magnetic stimulation was applied to study intracortical inhibition (ICI), intracortical facilitation (I...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.0000143152.45801.ca