Facial motor neuron excitability in hemifacial spasm: A facial MEP study

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 239-245

  Wilkinson, Marshall F ^a   Kaufmann, Anthony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SKULL SURGERY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84894422749     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100016644     Document Type: Article

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