Alteration of central motor excitability in a patient with hemimasticatory spasm after treatment with botulinum toxin injections

Movement Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-78

  Mir, Pablo ^a,b   Gilio, Francesca ^c   Edwards, Mark ^a   Inghilleri, Maurizio ^c   Bhatia, Kailash P ^a   Rothwell, John C ^a   Quinn, Niall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blink reflex; Botulinum toxin; Hemimasticatory spasm

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CARBAMAZEPINE; DOSULEPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; JAW OPENING REFLEX; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MUSCLE SPASM; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

BLINKING; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; BRAIN STEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; REACTION TIME; RECURRENCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPASM; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 33244461500     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20653     Document Type: Article

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