Trigeminal neuralgia: Update on reflex and evoked potential studies

Movement Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2002, Pages

  Cruccu, Georgio ^a,b   Galeotti, Francesca ^a   Iannetti, Gian D ^a   Romaniello, Antonietta ^b,c   Truini, Andrea ^a   Manfredi, Mario ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants; Brainstem; Laser evoked potentials; Trigeminal neuralgia; Trigeminal reflexes

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; JAW OPENING REFLEX; MYELINATED NERVE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BRAIN STEM; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; LASERS; REFLEX; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 0036924773     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10056     Document Type: Article

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