Teaching NeuroImage: Sensory level in parietal lobe lesion
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Cortical Sensory Dysfunction and the Parietal Lobe
that these findings suggest an aberrant function in the cortical GABAergic inhibitory circuits. Sensory cortex hyperexcitability also appears to be important in the pathophysiology of myoclonus. Measuring cortical potentials in response to peripheral sensory stimulation is commonly performed to study the integrity of the central nervous system and the technique is commonly referred to as SEPs. ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000264934.56336.ae