The blink reflex in "chronic migraine"

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 457-463

  De Marinis, Milena ^a   Pujia, Anna ^a   Colaizzo, Elisa ^a   Accornero, Neri ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Blink reflex; Chronic migraine; Habituation; Sensitisation; Trigeminal system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXCITABILITY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; STIMULATION; STIMULUS; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE;

ADULT; BLINKING; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 33845915176     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.10.011     Document Type: Article

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