RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Blink reflexes in posterior fossa lesions
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 465
OP 469
DO 10.1136/jnnp.42.5.465
VO 42
IS 5
A1 B. Rossi
A1 R. Buonaguidi
A1 A. Muratorio
A1 G. Tusini
YR 1979
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/42/5/465.abstract
AB Blink reflexes obtained by electrical stimulation of the supraorbital nerve and electromyographic recording of the orbicularis oculi muscle proved useful as a preliminary method in diagnosis of lesions of the brainstem and the fifth and seventh cranial nerves, and in differentiating intrinsic lesions of the brainstem from extrinsic ones. It was noted that R1 and R2 reflexes were different in the two types of lesions.