Relationship between reflex excitability and symptom duration in hemifacial spasm

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-37

  Uzun, Nurten ^a,b   Erdemir Kiziltan, M ^a   Karaali Savrun, F ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blink reflex; Blink reflex recovery curve; Brain stem interneurons; Facial motor neurons; Hemifacial spasm

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE SPASM; NERVE EXCITABILITY; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; AGED; BLINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14544304693     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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