The R3 component of the blink reflex: Normative data and application in spinal lesions

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 349-354

  Ellrich, Jens ^a,b   Hopf, Hanns Christian ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blink reflex; Brain stem lesions; R3 component; Spinal cord lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX ARC;

EID: 0030222092     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-980X(96)95684-2     Document Type: Article

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