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[Modification of the blink reflex in hemidystonia]
R Raffaele1, B Anicito, A Battiato
1Istituto di Clinica Neurologica, Università di Catania.
Bollettino Della Societa Italiana Di Biologia Sperimentale
|September 1, 1990
Abstract:
With the aim of evaluating the excitability of the brain stem reflex centers, we studied the side-to-side differences in the EMG activity of the early and late components of the blink reflex, in subjects with unilateral dystonia without demonstrable brain lesions. We observed that both early and late responses of direct blink reflex were significantly higher in the affected side than in the contralateral one.