Somatosensory-evoked blink response: Investigation of the physiological mechanism

Brain

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 281-291

  Miwa, Hideto ^a   Nohara, Chiyoko ^a   Hotta, Munehumi ^a   Shimo, Yasuji ^a   Amemiya, Katuaki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blink reflex; Brainstem reticular formation; Exteroceptive suppression; Presynaptic inhibition; Somatosensory evoked blink response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; ORBIT; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BLINKING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NEURAL INHIBITION; ORBIT; PERIPHERAL NERVES; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0031884090     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/121.2.281     Document Type: Article

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