The effect of levodopa on the habituation of the acoustic-palpebral reflex in Parkinson's disease

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 357-360

  Rey, Roberto D ^b   Garretto, N S ^c   Bueri, J A ^c   Simonetti, D D ^c   Sanz, O P ^c   Sica, R E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL RAMOS MEJÍA   (Argentina)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Audiomotor reflex; Auditory stimuli; Blink reflex; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; BLINKING; BRAIN STEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOPAMINE AGENTS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PARKINSON DISEASE; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC;

EID: 0029797403     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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