Silent period in the mentalis muscle induced by facial nerve and cutaneous stimulation

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 386-392

  Ishikawa, Mami ^a,d   Takase, Moriichiro ^b,c   Namiki, Jun ^b,c   Arberti, Olaf ^a   Bertalanffy, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous; Facial nerve; Late response; Mentalis muscle; Silent period

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACIAL NERVE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION ANALYSIS; SKIN STIMULATION;

EID: 0035197633     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-200107000-00011     Document Type: Article

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