Axonal excitability properties in hemifacial spasm

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1293-1298

  Krishnan, Arun V ^a,b   Hayes, Michael ^c   Kiernan, Matthew C ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^d NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Hemifacial spasm; Nerve excitability; Threshold electrotonus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 34548273566     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21512     Document Type: Article

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