Neurophysiological aspects of eye and eyelid movements during blinking in humans

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 166-176

  Bour, L J ^a   Aramideh, M ^a   Ongerboer De Visser, B W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINKING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033988784     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.1.166     Document Type: Article

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