Blink reflex recovery cycle distinguishes patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus from elderly subjects

• Published in: Journal of neurology Vol. 269; no. 2; pp. 1007 - 1012
• Main Authors: Mechelli, Alessandro, Quattrone, Andrea, Nisticò, Rita, Crasà, Marianna, La Torre, Domenico, Vescio, Basilio, Quattrone, Aldo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.02.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Blink reflex; Blinking; Brain Stem; Diagnosis; Excitability; Gait; Humans; Hydrocephalus; Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure - diagnosis; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mesencephalon; Movement disorders; Neurodegenerative diseases; Neurological diseases; Neurology; Neuroradiology; Neurosciences; Original Communication; Parkinson Disease; Parkinson's disease; Elderly subjects; Brainstem hyperexcitability; Blink reflex recovery cycle; Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

Background The R2 component of blink reflex recovery cycle (R2BRrc) is a simple neurophysiological tool to detect the brainstem hyperexcitability commonly occurring in several neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and atypical parkinsonisms. In our study, we investigated for the first ti...