Preliminary clinical observations on a new trigeminal reflex: The trigemino-cervical reflex

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 479-485

  Di Lazzaro, V ^a   Restuccia, D ^a   Nardone, R ^a   Tartaglione, T ^a   Quartarone, A ^b   Tonali, P ^a,c   Rothwell, J C ^d  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEGMENTUM; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0029968567     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.2.479     Document Type: Article

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