Data on response size calculated in healthy subjects and in patients categorized as AbEx and no-AbEx.

Abbreviations: HS = healthy subjects; AbEx = patients with asymmetric response size and suspected abnormal excitability;no-AbEx = patients that did not fulfill the criteria for AbEx; SBR = somatosensory blink reflex;BRER = blink reflex excitability recovery; BRIP = blink reflex inhibition by a prepulse; R1 amp. = amplitude of R1.The individual's mean values (from right and left sides) on each response size measure were averaged for group comparison.aArithmetic difference between sides (right and left) on each response parameter. *Significant differences (pfound in a subgroup of patients with respect to HS. ** Statistically significant differences found in AbEx patients with respectto both HS and no-AbEx patients.