The role of autonomic nervous system in the pathophysiology of hemifacial spasm

Neurological Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 643-648

  Zhou, Qiu Meng ^a,b   Zhong, Jun ^a,b   Jiao, Wei ^a,b   Zhu, Jin ^a,b   Yang, Xiao Sheng ^a,b   Ying, Ting Ting ^a,b   Zheng, Xue Sheng ^a,b   Dou, Ning Ning ^a,b   Wang, Yong Nan ^a,b   Li, Shi Ting ^a,b  

^a XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Cranial Nerve Disease Center of Shanghai   (China)

Author keywords

Autonomic nerves; Facial nerve; Hemifacial spasm; Mechanism; Neurotransmitter; Offending artery

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN;

ADVENTITIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GANGLIONECTOMY; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FACIAL MUSCLES; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TEMPORAL ARTERIES;

EID: 84865116508     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: 17431328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743132812Y.0000000057     Document Type: Article

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