Excitability of facial nucleus and related brain-stem reflexes in hemifacial spasm, post-facial palsy synkinesis and facial myokymia

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1542-1554

  Öge, A Emre ^a   Yayla, Vildan ^a   Demir, Gülşen Akman ^a   Eraksoy, Mefkure ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blink reflex; F waves; Facial myokymia; Facial synkinesis; Hemifacial spasm; Magnetically elicited silent period

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; EYELID REFLEX; FACIAL MYOKYMIA; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAGNETISM; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; POSTFACIAL PALSY SYNKINESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BELL PALSY; BLINKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SYNKINESIS;

EID: 20444363384     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2005.02.021     Document Type: Article

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