Corneal reflex latency in trigeminal nerve lesions.
Using a new technique to record the latency of the corneal reflex, we established normal values in 32 normal subjects between 10 and 80 years of age, divided into three age groups. In 15 patients with unilateral trigeminal nerve lesions, comparison of the responses on both sides permitted differentiation of afferent and efferent lesions.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D003315:Cornea / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004525:Efferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004568:Electrodiagnosis; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009431:Neural Conduction; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology*; D012032:Refractory Period, Electrophysiological; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*