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Motor cortex disinhibition in normal-pressure hydrocephalus

Andrei V Chistyakov1, Hava Hafner, Alon Sinai

  • 1Department of Neurosurgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, and B. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. a_chistyakov@rambam.health.gov.il

Journal of Neurosurgery
|October 18, 2011
PubMed
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Idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) reduces motor cortex inhibition, impacting gait. Shunt surgery can restore this excitability and improve patient mobility, suggesting motor control deficits cause gait issues.

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