Motor Disturbances II. A Selection of Papers Delivered at The 2nd Congress of the International Medical Society of Motor Disturbances Held at Rome (No. 2)

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages v-xi
Preface, Page xvii
1 - The physiology of electrical and magnetic stimulation of the human brain through the intact scalp, Pages 1-15
2 - Cortical stimulation in patients with motor disturbances, Pages 17-30
3 - Magnetic stimulation of the human brain: influence of size and shape of the stimulating coil, Pages 31-42
4 - Cortical influence on synaptic transmission within the spinal cord as demonstrated by central delay changes in man, Pages 43-53
5 - Comparative analysis of single-fibre jitter during transcranial, transvertebral and peripheral nerve stimulation with magnetic and electrical pulses, Pages 55-62
6 - Mapping of hand motor representation areas with magnetic stimulation in patients with congenital mirror movements, Pages 63-69
7 - Central motor conduction studies in hereditary degenerative disorders, Pages 71-85
8 - PET scanning and Parkinson\'s disease, Pages 87-97
9 - Involvement of the frontal cortex in a conflicting response selection task: evidence obtained by cortical DC potential shifts and regional cerebral blood flow, Pages 99-107
10 - The integrity of the dopaminergic system in patients with multiple system atrophy and pure autonomic failure studied with PET, Pages 109-110,110a,110b,110c,111-117
11 - Regional cerebral metabolic rate of glucose measured by 18F-DG PET in Huntington\'s disease, benign hereditary chorea and Wilson\'s disease, Pages 119-133
12 - Cerebral blood flow in patients with motor disturbances, Pages 135-140
13 - Akinesia, Pages 141-150
14 - Levodopa and lisuride intravenous infusions in fluctuating Parkinsonian patients: clinical differences, Pages 151-160
15 - The initiation of gait in Parkinson\'s disease, Pages 161-173
16 - Temporal discrimination and bradykinesia in Parkinson\'s disease, Pages 175-180
17 - Slowing of different types of voluntary movement in extrapyramidal disease: Fitts\' law and idiographic writing, Pages 181-190
18 - Static fusimotor activity in Parkinsonian rigidity: reconsideration of an old concept, Pages 191-201
19 - Pathophysiological aspects of cranial movement disorders, Pages 203-216
20 - Clinical aspects and treatment of cranial movement disorders, Pages 217-233
21 - Magnetic stimulation of the corticonuclear system and of proximal cranial nerves in humans, Pages 235-248
22 - Orofacial movement impairments in cerebellar dysarthria: a kinematic analysis with electromagnetic articulography, Pages 249-259
23 - Rhythmic palatal myoclonus: aetiology and differential diagnosis, Pages 261-272
24 - The pathophysiology of spasmodic dysphonia and its modification by botulinum toxin, Pages 273-288
25 - Electromyography of neck muscles and treatment in spasmodic torticollis, Pages 289-304
26 - Long-term effects of L-dopa on hereditary progressive dystonia with marked diurnal fluctuation, Pages 305-318
27 - Weakness and the upper motoneurone syndrome: a critical pathophysiological appraisal, Pages 319-331
28 - Upper motoneurone syndrome: clinical aspects and treatment, Pages 333-345
29 - Effects of TRH-T on upper motoneurone syndrome in man, Pages 347-356
30 - Continuous infusion of intrathecal baclofen, Pages 357-365
31 - Short-latency inhibitory reflexes in shoulder and trunk muscles in spastic hemiplegia following stroke, Pages 367-377
32 - Abnormal behaviour of single motor units in central weakness, Pages 379-384
33 - Function of spinal reflexes and central programming in spastic paresis during stance and gait, Pages 385-393
34 - Body sway assessment in patients with hemiparesis, Pages 395-401
35 - Somatosensory evoked potentials and magnetic brain stimulation in motoneurone disease, Pages 403-413
36 - Autoantibodies directed against GABA-ergic synapses in a second case of stiff-man syndrome and epilepsy, Pages 415-422
37 - Motor disturbances in musicians, Pages 423-432
Index, Pages 433-440