Somatosensory-evoked blink response: investigation of the physiological mechanisms
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Somatosensory-evoked blink response: investigation of the physiological mechanisms.
The somatosensory-evoked blink response (SBR) is a newly identified blink reflex elicited by electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves. The present study was performed to investigate the physiological mechanism underlying the SBR elicited by median nerve stimulation in normal subjects. The peripheral afferents responsible for the SBR included low-threshold cutaneous fibres. In the SBR-positiv...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brain
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1460-2156
DOI: 10.1093/brain/121.2.281