Brainstem reflexes: Electrodiagnostic techniques, physiology, normative data, and clinical applications

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 14-30

  Aramideh, M ^a,b   Ongerboer De Visser, B W ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blink reflex; Brainstem reflexes; Corneal reflex; Cranial nerves; Masseter reflex

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CORNEA REFLEX; CORNEOMANDIBULAR REFLEX; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELID REFLEX; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; HUMAN; JAW OPENING REFLEX; MASSETER INHIBITORY REFLEX; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; REVIEW; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

BLINKING; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; HUMANS; JAW; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 0036307937     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10120     Document Type: Review

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