Abnormalities of cortical excitability and cortical inhibition in cervical dystonia Evidence from somatosensory evoked potentials and paired transcranial magnetic stimulation recordings
Language English Country Germany Media print
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- MeSH
- Adult MeSH
- Physical Stimulation MeSH
- Muscle, Skeletal physiopathology MeSH
- Middle Aged MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Cerebral Cortex physiopathology MeSH
- Neural Inhibition physiology MeSH
- Median Nerve physiopathology MeSH
- Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory MeSH
- Torticollis physiopathology MeSH
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation MeSH
- Check Tag
- Adult MeSH
- Middle Aged MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Male MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
Cortical excitability and cortico-cortical inhibition were examined in twenty-one patients suffering from idiopathic rotational cervical dystonia. Polymyography of cervical muscles, somatosensory evoked potential recordings, and paired transcranial magnetic stimulation were used to assess the dystonic disorder. The results were compared with those obtained in a group of sixteen healthy age-matched volunteers. Statistically significant differences between the patient group and the control group were found when the amplitude values of the mean P22/N30 component measured at F [3, 4] and C[3, 4]' electrode positions were compared. The mean amplitude of P22/N30 in both of these electrode positions contralaterally to the direction of head deviation was significantly higher in the patient group (p
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