Blink reflex induced by controlled, ballistic mechanical impacts

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 443-448

  Beise, Reinhard D ^a,c   Kohllöffel, Lothar U E ^a   Claus, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c IPHAR Inst for Clin Pharmacology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ballistic mechanical impact; Blink reflex; Pain; R2 component; R3 component

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BLINKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0344267687     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199904)22:4<443::AID-MUS3>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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