title: Conduction velocity in the human supraorbital nerve.
abstract: Maximal conduction velocity in the supraorbital nerve (afferent fibers for the blink reflex) has been estimated in 12 normal subjects (on the right and left side): the mean value was 41 m/s. Furthermore, this investigation was made on 23 patients with different pathologies (9 with trigeminal neuralgia with hypoesthesia, 8 with multiple sclerosis, 6 with cerebellopontine angle tumor). Normal and pathological results are discussed and diagnostic prospects of this procedure evaluated.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001767:Blinking; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D009431:Neural Conduction; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000502:physiology; D009882:Ophthalmic Nerve / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000503:physiopathology