Trigemino-facial inhibitory reflexes in idiopathic hemifacial spasm

Movement Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 587-592

  Pavesi, Giovanni ^a   Cattaneo, Luigi ^a   Chierici, Elisabetta ^a   Mancia, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Facial muscles; Hemifacial spasm; Silent period; Trigemino facial reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LEVATOR LABII SUPERIORIS MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; NERVE STIMULATION; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; ORBICULARIS ORIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX DISORDER; SUPRAORBITAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINKING; BRAIN; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; ORBIT; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0038485927     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10405     Document Type: Article

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