title: [Central and peripheral nervous system motor conduction rate in HIV infection].
abstract: In order to assess the central motor pathways of HIV-infected patients motor evoked potentials were recorded on the upper limbs after transcranial and cervical magnetic stimulations and compared with peripheral conduction velocities. Motor evoked potentials were measured on both sides of 28 patients, mostly at the AIDS stage. Our results showed that although peripheral neuropathy was often found, central motor pathways did not appear, at the level they were tested, to be directly or indirectly damaged by the virus. On the contrary, some hyperexcitability seemed to be present.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Neurophysiologie clinique, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Sainte-Anne, Toulon naval.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grapperon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trousset
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jaubert
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011930:Reaction Time; D012016:Reference Values; D004561:Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
vernacular_title: Vitesses de conduction nerveuses motrices centrales et périphériques dans l'infection par le VIH.