Decreased habituation of the R2 component of the blink reflex in migraine patients

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 889-893

  De Marinis, Milena ^a   Pujia, Anna ^a   Natale, Linda ^a   D'arcangelo, Enzo ^b   Accornero, Neri ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blink reflex; Dopamine; Habituation; Migraine; Trigeminal system

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE; EYELID REFLEX; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HABITUATION; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MIGRAINE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS ARTERY;

EID: 0038060670     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(03)00010-5     Document Type: Article

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