Reflex excitability of facial motoneurons at onset of muscle reinnervation after facial nerve 3 palsy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 614-620

  Cossu, Giovanni ^a   Valls Solé, Josep ^a   Valldeoriola, Francesc ^a   Muñoz, Esteban ^a   Benítez, Pedro ^b   Aguilar, Francina ^b  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blink reflex; Electromyography; Facial palsy; Reinnervation; Synkinesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELID REFLEX; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NERVE REGENERATION; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; REFLEX;

EID: 0032952699     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199905)22:5<614::AID-MUS10>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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