title: Examinations of the motor conduction time between the motor cortex and the Erb point in patients suffering from tumors of the central nervous system.
abstract: The cortical latency and the motor conduction time between the motor cortex and the Erb point were investigated in 85 patients with intracranial and in 9 patients with space-occupying spinal tumors. Electrophysiological examinations revealed pathological changes in 19% of intracranial events, and in 100% of cases of spinal tumors. In these latter cases close correlation was registered between the motor evoked potentials and the clinical symptoms of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical School, Debrecen, Hungary.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Székely
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Csécsei
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004594:Electrophysiology; D019054:Evoked Potentials, Motor / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology*; D011712:Pyramidal Tracts / Q000503:physiopathology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013997:Time Factors