A short latency vestibulomasseteric reflex evoked by electrical stimulation over the mastoid in healthy humans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 553, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 267-279

  Deriu, Franca ^a,b   Tolu, Eusebio ^a,b   Rothwell, John C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; JAW OPENING REFLEX; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MASTOID; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASSETER MUSCLE; MOTOR UNIT; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SKIN RECEPTOR; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULOMASSETERIC REFLEX;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTOID; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POSTURE; REFLEX; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0344464907     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.047274     Document Type: Article

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