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Connections between the facial and trigeminal nerves: Anatomical basis for facial muscle proprioception

open access: yesJPRAS Open, 2017
Proprioception is a quality of sensibility that originates in specialized sensory organs (proprioceptors) that inform the central nervous system about static and dynamic conditions of muscles and joints.
J.L. Cobo   +4 more
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Neurophysiological Measures of Efficacy and Safety for Botulinum Toxin Injection in Facial and Bulbar Muscles: Special Considerations

open access: yesToxins, 2017
Botulinum toxin (BoNT) injections into facial and bulbar muscles are widely and increasingly used as medical treatments for cervical and facial dystonia, facial hemispasm, correction of facial palsy, hyperhidrosis, as well as cosmetic treatment of ...
Mohammad Alimohammadi   +1 more
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Emotional Empathy and Facial Mimicry for Static and Dynamic Facial Expressions of Fear and Disgust

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2016
Facial mimicry is the tendency to imitate the emotional facial expressions of others. Increasing evidence suggests that the perception of dynamic displays leads to enhanced facial mimicry, especially for happiness and anger.
Krystyna Rymarczyk   +4 more
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Bilateral Facial Spasm Following Guillain–Barré Syndrome

open access: yesTremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 2018
Background: We report a patient who developed lower facial muscle spasm at rest and bilateral facial synkinesis several months after treatment of Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS); this finding, to our knowledge, is hitherto unreported.
Zain Guduru, John Morgan, Kapil Sethi
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Selective Electrical Surface Stimulation to Support Functional Recovery in the Early Phase After Unilateral Acute Facial Nerve or Vocal Fold Paralysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2022
This article addresses the potential clinical value of surface electrical stimulation in the acute phase of denervation after the onset of facial nerve or recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis.
Annabella Kurz   +10 more
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Muscular subunits transplantation for facial reanimation [PDF]

open access: yesActa Cirúrgica Brasileira, 2006
PURPOSE: To present an alternative technique for reconstruction of musculocutaneous damages in the face transferring innervated subsegments(subunits) of the latissimus dorsi flap for replacement of various facial mimetic muscles.
André Salo Buslik Hazan   +4 more
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Efficacy of Facial Exercises in Facial Expression Categorization in Schizophrenia

open access: yesBrain Sciences, 2021
Embodied cognition theories suggest that observation of facial expression induces the same pattern of muscle activation, and that this contributes to emotion recognition.
Francesco Pancotti   +5 more
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Crosstalk in Facial EMG and Its Reduction Using ICA

open access: yesSensors, 2023
There is ample evidence that electromyography (EMG) signals from the corrugator supercilii and zygomatic major muscles can provide valuable information for the assessment of subjective emotional experiences.
Wataru Sato, Takanori Kochiyama
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Review of facial muscle spasms [PDF]

open access: yesClinical and Experimental Optometry, 1997
Facial muscle spasms, which are rare in adults, present a particularly difficult entity for the optometrist to recognise. The condition may not even manifest itself at an eye examination and the optometrist may have to rely on subjective symptoms to assist in the recognition of the condition.
Lionel Kowal, Patricia M. Kiely
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The Influence of Facial Muscle Training on the Facial Soft Tissue Profile: A Brief Review

open access: yesCosmetics, 2019
In this review, we summarize recent literature investigating facial-exercise-induced changes in facial soft tissue. A literature search was performed in PubMed for the terms facial exercise, rejuvenation, muscle, skin, and aging.
Takashi Abe, Jeremy P. Loenneke
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