A sound-evoked vestibulomasseteric reflex in healthy humans

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2739-2751

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Biomedical Sciences   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAW OPENING REFLEX; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MOTOR UNIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC; REFLEX, STRETCH; VESTIBULE;

EID: 17644395641     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01005.2004     Document Type: Article

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