Blink reflexes and the silent period in tetanus

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1435-1438

  Poncelet, Ann N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blink reflex; Motor inhibition; Silent period; Stiff person syndrome; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASSETER MUSCLE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE SPASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIFF MAN SYNDROME; TETANUS;

ADULT; BLINKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASSETER MUSCLE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURAL INHIBITION; ORBIT; TETANUS;

EID: 0033818295     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4598(200009)23:9<1435::AID-MUS17>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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