Trigeminal afferent input alters the excitability of facial motoneurons in hemifacial spasm

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1749-1752

  Ogawara, K ^a   Kuwabara, S ^a   Kamitsukasa, I ^b   Mizobuchi, K ^a   Misawa, S ^a   Hattori, T ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHIBA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 2442672788     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000125183.81555.E4     Document Type: Article

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