title: [Significance of the blink reflex in the Wallenberg syndrome].
abstract: The blink reflex was studied in 38 cases with lateral medullary lesions (Wallenberg syndrome). Twenty-one blink reflexes were abnormal. The most common abnormality is an afferent delay in the late reflex on the side of the lesion with a normal early reflex. This abnormality is not pathognomonic of the Wallenberg syndrome. The physiopathogeny is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Clinique neurologique, hôpital Jean-Bernard, Poitiers, France.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Neau
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rosolacci
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jonveaux
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Burbaud
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Agbo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001767:Blinking / Q000502:physiology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014854:Lateral Medullary Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Apports du réflexe trigémino-facial dans l'étude du syndrome de Wallenberg.