Neurophysiological investigations in patients with head tremor

Movement Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 576-584

  Valls Solé, Josep ^a   Tolosa, Eduardo S ^b   Nobbe, Fritz ^b   Diéguez, Elena ^b   Muñoz, Esteban ^b   Sanz, Pilar ^b   Valldeoriola, Francesc ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blink reflex; Brainstem interneuronal excitability; Cervical dystonia; Essential tremor; Head tremor; Masseteric inhibitory reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINKING; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; EYELID REFLEX; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEAD; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; JAW OPENING REFLEX; MALE; NECK MUSCLE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TREMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINKING; BRAIN STEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; JAW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; TORTICOLLIS; TREMOR;

EID: 0030844943     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870120415     Document Type: Article

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