Auditory startle reaction in primary blepharospasm

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 268-271

  Müller, Jörg ^a   Rinnerthaler, Martina ^a,b   Poewe, Werner ^a   Kofler, Markus ^a,b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Hospital Hochzirl   (Austria)

Author keywords

Auditory startle reaction; Auditory startle response; Botulinum toxin; Brainstem reflex; Essential blepharospasm; Pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN)

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA REFLEX; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; JAW OPENING REFLEX; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE;

EID: 33847730727     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21270     Document Type: Article

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