Long latency trigemino-cervical reflex in patients with cervical dystonia

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 103-108

  Gündüz, Ayşegül ^a   Ergin, Hayal ^a   Kızıltan, Meral E ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical dystonia; Spasmodic torticollis; Trigemino cervical pathway; Trigemino cervical reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORTICOLLIS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK; REFLEX; TORTICOLLIS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939891703     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-014-1893-3     Document Type: Article

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