To blink or not to blink: Inhibition and facilitation of reflex blinks

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 283-290

  Powers, Alice S ^a   Schicatano, Edward J ^b   Basso, Michele A ^b,c   Evinger, Craig ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Prepulse; Reflex blinks; Startle; Trigeminal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONDITIONING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELID REFLEX; FACILITATION; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; TIME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANIMALS; BLINKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RATS;

EID: 0031048151     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02450326     Document Type: Article

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