BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 208-214 , October 2009

The role of inhibition from the left dorsal premotor cortex in right-sided focal hand dystonia

  • Sandra Beck, MD

      Affiliations

    • Human Motor Control Section, NINDS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
    • Department of Clinical Neurology and Neurophysiology, University of Freiburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Elise Houdayer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Human Motor Control Section, NINDS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
    • ,
  • Sarah Pirio Richardson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Human Motor Control Section, NINDS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
    • Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
    • ,
  • Mark Hallett, MD

      Affiliations

    • Human Motor Control Section, NINDS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Dr. Mark Hallett, Human Motor Control Section, NINDS, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10/7D37, 10 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD 20892-1428.

Received 4 December 2008 ,Revised 18 March 2009 ,Accepted 18 March 2009.

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 This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG; BE-3792/1) and by the Intramural Research Program of the NINDS, National Institutes of Health.

 Elise Houdayet was funded by the Fyssen Foundation.

PII: S1935-861X(09)00034-5

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2009.03.004

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 208-214 , October 2009

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