The effect of trigeminal nociceptive stimulation on blink reflexes and pain evoked by stimulation of the supraorbital nerve

Cephalalgia

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 534-540

  Drummond, Peter D ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blink reflex; Diffuse noxious inhibitory controls; Pain; Segmental facilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; NERVE; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PAIN; SUPRAORBITAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADULT; BLINKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PAIN; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0141725794     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.2003.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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