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2458243

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-10-17
pubmed:abstractText
Using ourselves as subjects, maximal compound motor action potentials (CMAPs) were evoked in ipsilateral nasal and orbicularis oculi muscles (onset latency 4.9-5.4 msec) by a magnetic coil (MC) tangentially oriented over parieto-occipital scalp. The facial nerve was also electrically stimulated sequentially at the posterior tragus near the stylomastoid foramen, anterior tragus and 3 cm more distally. Onset latency of the CMAP elicited at posterior tragus ranged from 1.0 to 1.3 msec less than that elicited by the MC over scalp. Because the measured distal facial nerve motor conduction velocity was 50-60 m/sec, the locus of impulse generation induced by magnetic coil stimulation was estimated to be approximately 6.5 cm proximal to the site of electrical stimulation at the posterior tragus, i.e., closer to the exit of the facial nerve from the brain-stem than to its entrance into the internal auditory meatus. This non-invasive technique should be useful in evaluating patients with peripheral facial nerve disorders including Bell's palsy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0013-4694
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
350-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-9-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Intracranial stimulation of facial nerve in humans with the magnetic coil.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, State University of New York, Brooklyn 11203.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article