Transcranial magnetic stimulation in peripheral facial nerve palsy of central origin

M Westerink; T C van Woerkom; D L Tavy

doi:10.1016/0303-8467(91)90008-d

Transcranial magnetic stimulation in peripheral facial nerve palsy of central origin

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1991;93(1):45-9. doi: 10.1016/0303-8467(91)90008-d.

Authors

M Westerink¹, T C van Woerkom, D L Tavy

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and Municipal Hospitals, The Hague, The Netherlands.

PMID: 1651191
DOI: 10.1016/0303-8467(91)90008-d

Abstract

We describe a 24-year-old woman with a peripheral facial nerve palsy associated with one-and-a-half syndrome due to multiple sclerosis. Transcranial magnetic stimulation located the facial nerve dysfunction in the brainstem.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Electric Stimulation / methods*
Evoked Potentials
Facial Muscles / physiopathology*
Facial Nerve / physiopathology*
Facial Paralysis / physiopathology*
Female
Humans
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation*