Absence of Bell Phenomenon During a Blink-Reply
Abstract
Abstract In Reply.— Our article does not deal with the question of whether or not Bell phenomenon occurs during spontaneous blinks of short duration. We made no attempt to analyze oculomotor activity during blinking.We studied the effects of eyelid closure on oculomotor function in patients with palatal myoclonus. Vertical ocular motions synchronous with the beat of the palatal mvoclonus occurred only during "volitional" prolonged eyelid closure or attempted closure against...