Brain stem reflexes in patients with Wallenberg's syndrome: Correlation with clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1093-1099

  Valls Solé, Josep ^a,b   Vila, Nicolás ^a   Obach, Victor ^a   Alvarez, Ramiro ^a   González, Luis Ernesto ^a   Chamorro, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

blink reflex; brain stem reflexes; masseteric silent period; neurophysiology; Wallenberg's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; WALLENBERG SYNDROME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINKING; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATERAL MEDULLARY SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; REFLEX; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0029814560     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199609)19:9<1093::AID-MUS3>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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