Defensive peripersonal space: The blink reflex evoked by hand stimulation is increased when the hand is near the face

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 880-889

  Sambo, C F ^a   Liang, M ^a   Cruccu, G ^b   Iannetti, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body posture; Brain stem circuits; Cortex; Space representation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EYELID REFLEX; FACE; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HAND; HAND BLINK REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; VISION;

ADULT; BLINKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; EYE; EYELIDS; FACE; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PERSONAL SPACE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855849584     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00731.2011     Document Type: Article

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