Associative stimulation of the supraorbital nerve fails to induce timing-specific plasticity in the human blink reflex

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Zeuner, Kirsten E ^a   Knutzen, Arne ^a   Al Ali, Asmaa ^a   Hallett, Mark ^b   Deuschl, Günther ^a   Bergmann, Til O ^a   Siebner, Hartwig R ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DYSTONIA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPRAORBITAL NERVE; BLINKING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; REFLEX;

ADULT; BLINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; REFLEX;

EID: 78149453880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013602     Document Type: Article

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