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Keeping up appearances: Don’t frown upon the effects of botulinum toxin injections in facial muscles [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Neurophysiology Practice, 2023
Aesthetic use of low doses of Botulinum toxin (BoNT) injections into the facial muscles has become a leading non-surgical aesthetic treatment worldwide to reduce facial wrinkles, including glabellar lines, forehead lines, and periorbital wrinkles. Within
Anna Rostedt Punga   +2 more
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High-resolution surface electromyographic activities of facial muscles during mimic movements in healthy adults: A prospective observational study [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2022
ObjectivesSurface electromyography (sEMG) is a standard tool in clinical routine and clinical or psychosocial experiments also including speech research and orthodontics to measure the activity of selected facial muscles to objectify facial movements ...
Nadiya Mueller   +12 more
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Ultrasound Imaging of the Facial Muscles and Relevance with Botulinum Toxin Injections: A Pictorial Essay and Narrative Review [PDF]

open access: yesToxins, 2022
High-resolution ultrasound is preferred as the first-line imaging modality for evaluation of superficial soft tissues, such as the facial muscles. In contrast to magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography, which require specifically designated ...
Wei-Ting Wu   +9 more
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Atlas of voluntary facial muscle activation: Visualization of surface electromyographic activities of facial muscles during mimic exercises. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
Complex facial muscle movements are essential for many motoric and emotional functions. Facial muscles are unique in the musculoskeletal system as they are interwoven, so that the contraction of one muscle influences the contractility characteristic of ...
Nikolaus P Schumann   +3 more
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Dynamic evaluation of facial muscles: 3D skin displacement vector analysis using a facial painting model [PDF]

open access: yesLaryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2021
Background Botulinum toxin A can be used to eliminate dynamic wrinkles by relaxing the muscles involved in facial expressions. Therefore, it is essential to know the location, origin, insertion, function, and changes of the facial expression muscles ...
Hyoung‐Jin Moon, Won Lee, Ji Yun Choi
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Etv1 Controls the Establishment of Non-overlapping Motor Innervation of Neighboring Facial Muscles during Development [PDF]

open access: yesCell Reports, 2019
Summary: The somatotopic motor-neuron projections onto their cognate target muscles are essential for coordinated movement, but how that occurs for facial motor circuits, which have critical roles in respiratory and interactive behaviors, is poorly ...
Alan P. Tenney   +8 more
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Having Difficulties Reading the Facial Expression of Older Individuals? Blame It on the Facial Muscles, Not the Wrinkles [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Previous studies have found it is more difficult identifying an emotional expression displayed by an older than a younger face. It is unknown whether this is caused by age-related changes such as wrinkles and folds interfering with perception, or by the ...
Sabrina N. Grondhuis   +3 more
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Congenital partial absence of the facial muscles

open access: bronzeBritish Journal of Plastic Surgery, 1998
Facial asymmetry in a newborn infant suggests various diagnoses, including birth trauma and congenital hemifacial microsomia. But congenital absence or hypoplasia of facial muscles has not been known except for the depressor anguli oris muscle (DAOM). The authors' experience with surgical treatment of congenital hypoplasia of the risorius, zygomaticus ...
Yumi Nada   +3 more
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Effect of Intensive Face Yoga on Facial Muscles Tonus, Stiffness, and Elasticity in Middle-Aged Women: A Pre-Experimental Clinical Trial [PDF]

open access: yesMedicina
Background and Objectives: The effects of face yoga, which continues to be popular as an anti-aging technique, on facial muscles in relation to aging represent an area of interest.
Hazel Çelik Güzel   +3 more
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