Hyperactivity of the facial nucleus produced by chronic electrical stimulation in rats

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 459-463

  Yamakami, Iwao ^a   Oka, Nobuo ^a   Higuchi, Yoshinori ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal model of hemifacial spasm; Facial nerve; Facial nucleus; Hyperactivity of facial nucleus; Kindling; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; KINDLING; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FACIAL MUSCLES; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 33947382580     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.04.010     Document Type: Article

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