Electrically elicited blink reflex in horses with trigeminal and facial nerve blocks

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1287-1291

  Anor, Sonia ^a   Espadaler, Josep M ^b   Monreal, Lluis ^a   Pumarola, Marti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLINKING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HORSE; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OPTIC NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; BLINKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HORSES; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OPTIC NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0033206248     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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