title: [The trigemino-facial reflex in patients with essential blepharospasm. A contribution to the etiology of the disease picture].
abstract: We conducted electrophysiological investigations in altogether 11 patients with an essential blepharospasm. In all patients the blink reflex - ipsi- and contralateral - was measured. We found reproducible pathologic changes (direct R1/R2 transition, contralateral early component with and without direct transition into the R2-component, increase of R2-duration). These findings point to a central genesis of blepharospasm in some cases.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-HNO-Klinik Göttingen.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Laskawi
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Damenz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roggenkämper
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schröder
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brauneis
mesh_terms: D001764:Blepharospasm / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001767:Blinking / Q000502:physiology*; D004568:Electrodiagnosis; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*
vernacular_title: Der trigemino-faziale Reflex bei Patienten mit essentiellem Blepharospasmus. Ein Beitrag zur Atiologie des Krankheitsbildes.