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Preswallowing dystoniaCumhur Ertekin
Department of Neurology, Ege University Medical School Hospital, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Dysphagia 20:15-8. 2005..A patient is described with some dystonic features related to the preswallowing period of oropharyngeal swallowing in the muscles of deglutition sequentially. This case may be called a "preswallowing dystonia."..- [University, science and ethics during the period of the (Turkish) republic]Cumhur Ertekin
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Anadolu Kardiyol Derg 8:236-40. 2008 - Sacrolumbar intersegmental reflex circuit in men and its relation to the ejaculatory processCumhur Ertekin
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Ege University, Medical School Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Clin Neurophysiol 118:2368-74. 2007..We aimed to investigate electrophysiologically the intersegmental reflex circuit from sacral to lumbar cord segments in normopotent adult men, in patients with spinal cord injury and in patients with premature ejaculation... 
Oropharyngeal swallowing in craniocervical dystoniaC Ertekin
Department of Neurology, Ege University Medical School Hospital, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 73:406-11. 2002..To clarify the pathophysiology of dysphagia by electrophysiological methods...- Electrophysiological evaluation of pharyngeal phase of swallowing in patients with Parkinson's diseaseCumhur Ertekin
Department of Neurology, Ege University Medical School Hospital, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Mov Disord 17:942-9. 2002..Similarly, the swallowing problems of PD are not only related with the dopamine deficiency; some other nondopaminergic mechanisms may also be involved... - Electromyography of human cricopharyngeal muscle of the upper esophageal sphincterCumhur Ertekin
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Ege University, Medical School Hospital, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Muscle Nerve 26:729-39. 2002.... - Adductor T and H reflexes in humansCumhur Ertekin
Department of Neurology, Ege University, Medical School Hospital, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Muscle Nerve 34:640-5. 2006..Their role in evaluating lumbar root disease and monitoring adductor spasticity merits investigation... - Neurophysiology of swallowingCumhur Ertekin
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Ege University, Medical School Hospital, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Clin Neurophysiol 114:2226-44. 2003..Cortical and subcortical functional imaging studies are also important to accumulate more data in order to get more information and in turn to develop new and effective treatment strategies for dysphagic patients... - Oropharyngeal dysphagia in polymyositis/dermatomyositisCumhur Ertekin
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Medical School Hospital Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 107:32-7. 2004..It is concluded that the pharyngeal stage of oropharyngeal swallowing is mainly involved in patients with PM/DM... - Central and peripheral motor conduction to cremasteric muscleC Ertekin
Department of Neurology, Ege University, Medical School Hospital, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Muscle Nerve 31:349-54. 2005..The GFN motor conduction time to the CM may have clinical utility, such as in the evaluation of the groin pain due to surgical procedures in the lower abdomen... - Physiological and pathological aspects of oropharyngeal swallowingCumhur Ertekin
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and Neurology Ege University, Medical School Hospital, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Mov Disord 17:S86-9. 2002 - The effect of head and neck positions on oropharyngeal swallowing: a clinical and electrophysiologic studyC Ertekin
Department of Neurology, Ege University, Medical School Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 82:1255-60. 2001..To determine the clinical usefulness of an electrophysiologic method for evaluating dysphagia and to identify the effects of various head and neck positions on oropharyngeal swallowing... - Pathophysiological mechanisms of oropharyngeal dysphagia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosisC Ertekin
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Medical School Hospital, Ege University Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Brain 123:125-40. 2000..We conclude that these pathophysiological changes are related mainly to the progressive degeneration of the excitatory and inhibitory corticobulbar pyramidal fibres... - Effect of mucosal anaesthesia on oropharyngeal swallowingC Ertekin
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Ege University School Hospital Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Neurogastroenterol Motil 12:567-72. 2000..It is concluded that the sensory inputs from the mucosal receptors are important to trigger voluntary swallowing and their absence or dysfunction may contribute to oropharyngeal dysphagia and laryngeal aspiration... - Voluntary and reflex influences on the initiation of swallowing reflex in manC Ertekin
Department of Neurology, Ege University, Medical School Hospital, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Dysphagia 16:40-7. 2001..If the swallowing reflex is triggered within such a short period of time following the onset of SM-EMG, the central control by the bulbar swallowing center should be effective until the end of oropharyngeal swallowing... - Electrophysiological evaluation of oropharyngeal swallowing in myotonic dystrophyC Ertekin
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Ege University Medical School Hospital, Bornova, zmir, Turkey
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 70:363-71. 2001..The aim was to show the existence and frequency of subclinical electrophysiological abnormalities in oropharyngeal swallowing and to clarify the mechanisms of dysphagia in myotonic dystrophy... 
Diagnostic value of cauda equina motor conduction time in lumbar spinal stenosisYaprak Secil
Ataturk Research and Training Hospital, Neurology Department, Izmir, Turkey
Clin Neurophysiol 123:1831-5. 2012..In this study, electrical lumbar laminar stimulation was used to demonstrate prolongation of cauda equina motor conduction time in lumbar spinal stenosis...- The effects of botulinum toxin A on ephaptic transmission in idiopathic hemifacial spasmTülay Kurt
Neurology Department, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Int J Neurosci 119:2044-55. 2009..The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of botulinum toxin A (Btx A) on ephaptic transmission in idiopathic HFS... - Cutaneous silent periods of the vastus medialis evoked by the stimulation of lateral femoral cutaneous nerveCengiz Tataroglu
Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Adnan Menderes University, Aydin 09100, Turkey
Clin Neurophysiol 116:1335-41. 2005..In this study, our aim is to investigate CSPs of vastus medialis muscle (vm-CSP) evoked by the stimulation of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) in healthy controls and in patients with meralgia paresthetica (MP)... - Withdrawal reflexes in adductor muscles elicited by electrical and magnetic stimulation of the obturator nerveCumhur Ertekin
Ege University, Medical School Hospital, Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Bornova, Izmir, 35100, Turkey
Muscle Nerve 38:1490-7. 2008..These reflexes prepare the body for a proper response to incoming signals and likely serve to protect the pelvic floor and pelvic organs... - Sensory nerve conduction in branches of common interdigital nerves: a new technique for normal controls and patients with morton's neuromaBurhanettin Uludag
Neurology Department of the Medical School of Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
J Clin Neurophysiol 27:219-23. 2010..We suggest that interlatency difference between branches of the common plantar interdigital nerves is a useful and sensitive method for the diagnosis of Morton's neuroma... - Electrophysiological evaluation of the genitofemoral nerve in patients with inguinal herniaFikret Bademkiran
Department of Neurology, Ege University, Medical School Hospital, EUTF Noroloji Anabilim Dali, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Muscle Nerve 32:600-4. 2005..Based on patient complaints, the herniated mass may also be responsible for motor involvement of the GFN in some patients before surgery... - Differential corticomotor control of a muscle adjacent to a painful jointArzu Yagiz On
Ege University Medical School, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Neurorehabil Neural Repair 18:127-33. 2004..To assess the effects of chronic knee pain on neural control of the nearby quadriceps muscle... - Electrophysiologic identification and evaluation of stylohyoid and posterior digastricus muscle complexTülay Kurt
Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Department of Neurology, Izmir, Turkey
J Electromyogr Kinesiol 16:58-65. 2006..To identify the function of stylohyoid and posterior digastricus (STH-PD) muscle complex by the EMG techniques... - Cremaster muscle motor unit action potentialsTolga Ozdemirkiran
Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Department of Neurology, Yesilyurt, Izmir, Turkey
Clin Neurophysiol 122:1679-85. 2011.... - Voluntary versus spontaneous swallowing in manCumhur Ertekin
Clinical Neurophysiology and Neurology, Medical School Hospital, Ege University, Bornova, 35100, Izmir, Turkey
Dysphagia 26:183-92. 2011..There are differences in the role of the corticobulbar input between VS and SS... - Dysfunction of bulbar central pattern generator in ALS patients with dysphagia during sequential deglutitionIbrahim Aydogdu
Department of Neurology, Ege University Medical School Hospital, Bornova, Izmir 35100, Turkey
Clin Neurophysiol 122:1219-28. 2011..The aim of this study is to investigate a probable dysfunction of the central pattern generator (CPG) in dysphagic patients with ALS... - Lateral pectoral nerve conductionErgun Nacarkucuk
Department of Pediatric Neurology, Medical School Hospital, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey
Int J Neurosci 114:451-8. 2004..Furthermore, the motor conduction velocity in the LPN may be beneficial to elucidate the localization of involvement in polyneuropathies, such as distal or proximo-distal... - Motor conduction time along the cauda equina in patients with lumbar spinal stenosisOzlem Senocak
Department of Neurosciences, Institute of Health Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University, Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 34:1410-4. 2009..Magnetic lumbar stimulation was used to detect spinal nerve degeneration in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS)... - Medium-latency reflex response of soleus elicited by peroneal nerve stimulationHilmi Uysal
The Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Ege University Medical School Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Exp Brain Res 193:275-86. 2009..Tizanidine suppressed the MLR, but not the soleus H and tendon reflexes. The latencies and the experiments using cooling, ischaemia and tizanidine implicate soleus group II afferents in the genesis of this response... - Sensory conduction study of the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerveFikret Bademkiran
Department of Neurology, Ege University, Medical School Hospital, Bornova, Izmir, 35100 Turkey
Muscle Nerve 35:224-7. 2007..1 +/- 0.9 ms, conduction velocity was 54 +/- 4.4 m/s, and response amplitude was 1.3 +/- 1.1 microV. The method that we describe may be an easy and useful electrophysiological test for neuropathies of the IPBSN... - Unilateral rhythmic testicular movementsFikret Bademkiran
Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 112:733-6. 2010..The localization of this peculiar spontaneous movement is probably in motor fibers somewhere between the L1-L2 motor neuron pool, motor roots and/or the genitofemoral nerve... - Morphology and innervation of the human cremaster muscle in relation to its functionGulgun Kayalioglu
Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Anatomy, Izmir, Turkey
Anat Rec (Hoboken) 291:790-6. 2008.... - Diagnostic value of lumbar root stimulation at the early stage of Guillain-Barré syndromeTülay Kurt İncesu
Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Department of Neurology, Izmir, Turkey Electronic address
Clin Neurophysiol 124:197-203. 2013..The aim of this study is to investigate diagnostic value of electrical lumbar root stimulation (RS) at the laminar level in the early stage of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)... - Flexor reflexes elicited by magnetic and electric stimulation of the sural nerveFerah Kizilay
Department of Neurology, Akdeniz University Medical School Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
Neurol Res 33:609-13. 2011..We have investigated whether magnetic stimulation of the sural nerve can evoke a flexor reflex recorded from the ipsilateral short head of the biceps femoris muscle... - The value of scintigraphy in the evaluation of oropharyngeal dysphagiaMurat Argon
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ege University Medical School Hospital, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 31:94-8. 2004..The technique should be added to the list of standard scintigraphic methods for the evaluation of patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia... - Sexual dysfunction and sympathetic skin response recorded from the genital region in women with multiple sclerosisYaprak Secil
Neurology Department, Izmir Ataturk Research and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Mult Scler 13:742-8. 2007..Genital sympathetic skin response may be an easy and objective method to apply and helpful to evaluate genitourinary dysfunction in women in conjunction with female sexual dysfuntion index... - Dysphagia in lateral medullary infarction (Wallenberg's syndrome): an acute disconnection syndrome in premotor neurons related to swallowing activity?I Aydogdu
Department of Neurology, Medical School Hospital, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
Stroke 32:2081-7. 2001..We have investigated the pathophysiological mechanisms of dysphagia in Wallenberg's syndrome (WS) that are due to lateral medullary infarction (LMI)... - Orbicularis oculi muscle activation during swallowing in humansCumhur Ertekin
Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Ataturk State Hospital, Yesilyurt, Izmir, Turkey
Exp Brain Res 224:79-91. 2013..The swallowing-induced cranial muscle activities could potentially explain some movement disorders, such as craniofacial dystonias... - Sympathetic skin response recorded from the genital region in normal and diabetic womenYaprak Secil
Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Neurology Department, Oyak Sitesi 2 3 sok B 9 Blok, No 9 11 35350 Uçkuyular, Izmir, Turkey Ege University Medical School Hospital, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Izmir, Turkey
Neurophysiol Clin 35:11-7. 2005..In this paper, a method for recording the genital sympathetic skin responses (g-SSR) has been described in normal women and the objective changes were demonstrated in female patients with diabetes mellitus... - Cricopharyngeal muscle electromyography in laryngopharyngeal refluxMunevver Celik
Department of Neurology, Sisli Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Laryngoscope 115:138-42. 2005.... - Effects of lamotrigine on the symptoms and life qualities of patients with post polio syndrome: a randomized, controlled studyArzu Yagiz On
Ege University Medical School, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
NeuroRehabilitation 20:245-51. 2005..No significant improvements were reported in the control group. These preliminary results indicate that lamotrigine relieves the symptoms and improves the life qualities of patients with post polio syndrome... - Mechanisms of dysphagia in suprabulbar palsy with lacunar infarctC Ertekin
Department of Neurology, Medical School Hospital, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Stroke 31:1370-6. 2000..The objective of the present study was to investigate the neural mechanisms of dysphagia in suprabulbar palsy (SBP) with multiple lacunar infarct... - Trigeminocervical reflexes elicited by stimulation of the infraorbital nerve: head retraction reflexC Ertekin
Department of Neurology, Medical School Hospital, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
J Clin Neurophysiol 18:378-85. 2001.... - Diagnostic value of electrical stimulation of lumbosacral roots in lumbar spinal stenosisB Zileli
Department of Neurosurgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Acta Neurol Scand 105:221-7. 2002..This paper compares the diagnostic sensitivity of two tests in lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS): lumbosacral root stimulation with needle electrodes and needle electromyograph (EMG)... - An EMG screening method (dysphagia limit) for evaluation of neurogenic dysphagia in childhood above 5 years oldT Ozdemirkiran
Egean University Medical School Hospital, Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 71:403-7. 2007..This electrophysiologic method is completely non-invasive, devoid from any hazard and applicable to children above 5 years. It may be candidate as a screening test before selection of dysphagic children... - Peripheral facial palsy and dysfunction of the oropharynxY Secil
Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Ege University Medical School Hospital, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 72:391-3. 2002..Thus, subclinical deglutition is very frequent in patients with PFP. The severity of abnormal deglutition increased with the severity of the PFP, especially with the involvement of the perioral and buccinator muscles... - Differential effects of peripheral vibration on motor-evoked potentials in acute stages of strokeSultan Tarlaci
Private Health Hospital, Ozel Ege Saglik Hastanesi, Alsancak, Izmir, Turkey Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia and Departments of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Medical Faculty, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
Neuromodulation 13:232-7. 2010.... - The head stabilization reflex by stimulation of accessory nerveB Uludag
Ege University Medical School Hospital, Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
J Neurol Sci 167:68-72. 1999..The HSR was absent in 9 out 11 patients with cerebellar syndrome. The HSR seemed to be a oligo-polysynaptic/plurosegmental reflex under the strong control of the cerebellum... - Cricopharyngeal sphincter muscle responses to transcranial magnetic stimulation in normal subjects and in patients with dysphagiaC Ertekin
Department of Neurology, Medical School Hospital, Ege University, TR 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Clin Neurophysiol 112:86-94. 2001..These mechanisms appear to be responsible for the pathogenesis of dysphagia... - The electromyographic behavior of the thyroarytenoid muscle during swallowingC Ertekin
Department of Neurology, Ege University Medical School Hospital, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
J Clin Gastroenterol 30:274-80. 2000.... - Identification of distinct swallowing patterns for different bolus volumesM Celik Gokyigit
Department of Neurology, Sisli Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Clin Neurophysiol 120:1750-4. 2009.... - Motor evoked responses from the thigh muscles to the stimulation of the upper limb nerves in patients with late poliomyelitisCumhur Ertekin
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Ege University Medical School, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Clin Neurophysiol 113:478-84. 2002.... - Changes in the perioral muscle responses to cortical TMS induced by decrease of sensory input and electrical stimulation to lower facial regionN Yildiz
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Ege University, Medical School Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Clin Neurophysiol 115:2343-9. 2004..To determine the changes in the motor cortex due to repetitive electrical stimulation and cutaneous anesthesia in lower facial region... - Effect of the vastus medialis obliquus on the patellofemoral jointE Taskiran
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 6:173-80. 1998..These findings do not support the hypothesis of dominant centralizing effect of VMO on the patella in extension, but the effect of the VMO may be more clearly demonstrated by measuring PTA in both QC and QU positions... - Motor-evoked potentials from various levels of paravertebral muscles in normal subjects and in patients with focal lesions of the spinal cordC Ertekin
Department of Neurology, Medical School Hospital, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 23:1016-22. 1998.... - Facial motor cortex plasticity in patients with unilateral peripheral facial paralysisS Yildiz
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Medical School Hospital, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
NeuroRehabilitation 22:133-40. 2007..We have concluded that there was a cortical reorganization in the hemisphere contralateral to the paralytic side resulting in an increase at corticofugal output related to intact perioral muscles... - Corticonuclear innervation to facial muscles in normal controls and in patients with central facial paresisNebil Yildiz
Abant Izzet Baysal University, Medical School Hospital Dept of Neurology Gölköy, Bolu, Turkey Türkiye
J Neurol 252:429-35. 2005..CFP caused by a stroke is generally incomplete and mild because of the ipsilateral cortical and multiple innervations out of the infarction area, and recovers fast through cortical reorganisation...