Exaggerated auditory startle responses in patients with spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 255, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 703-709

  Kumru, H ^a   Vidal, J ^a   Kofler, M ^b   Benito, J ^a   Garcia, A ^a   Valls Sole J ^c  

^a University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

^b Hochzirl Hospital   (Austria)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Auditory startle responses; Central nervous system reorganization; Level of lesion; Spinal cord injury; Time span since onset

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STARTLE REFLEX; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN STEM; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 44449126140     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-008-0780-3     Document Type: Article

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