Blink reflex changes in parkinsonism following severe traumatic brain injury correlates with diffuse axonal injury

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Formisano, Rita ^a   Cicinelli, Paola ^a   Buzzi, Maria Gabriella ^a   Brunelli, Stefano ^a   Zafonte, Ross ^b   Vinicola, Vincenzo ^a   Gabrielli, Andrea ^c   Sabatini, Umberto ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blink reflex habituation; Coma; Diffuse axonal injury; Post traumatic parkinsonism; Severe traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PARKINSONISM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BLINKING; BRAIN INJURY; DEMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINKING; BRAIN INJURIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS;

EID: 65349187079     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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