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7935549

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-11-14
pubmed:abstractText
To study motor pathways to masticatory muscles, a new recording technique using surface electrodes was developed. The recording electrode was mounted on a spatula and inserted enorally into the pterygomandibular plica over the belly of m. masseter. Using this technique, mean latencies/amplitudes of the compound action potentials (CMAPs) in 18 healthy subjects were 1.2 ms/4.9 mV after electrical stimulation of the trigeminal nerve below the zygomatic arch, and 5.5 ms/1.1 mV after magnetic stimulation of the cortex. In 15 patients with unilateral lesions of the facial nerve, masticatory CMAPs had virtually symmetrical configuration, latency, and amplitude, excluding a major contribution of volume conducted activity from other cranial muscles. The technique was evaluated in patients after surgical treatment for trigeminal neuralgia. Patients with retrogasserian thermocoagulation and central demyelinating lesions were consistently identified.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0148-639X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1271-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Assessment of motor pathways to masticatory muscles: an examination technique using electrical and magnetic stimulation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, University of Berne, Inselspital, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't