The three responses of the blink reflex in adult and juvenile migraine

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 96-102

  De Tommaso, Marina ^a,b   Guido, Marco ^a   Libro, Giuseppe ^a   Sciruicchio, Vittorio ^a   Puca, Francomichele ^a  

^a Interuniv Ctr Stud of Headache   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blink reflex; Migraine; R3 component

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLINKING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 0034199680     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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