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Dynamic Facial Prosthetics for Sufferers of Facial Paralysis [PDF]

, 2011
BackgroundThis paper discusses the various methods and the materialsfor the fabrication of active artificial facial muscles. Theprimary use for these will be the reanimation of paralysedor atrophied muscles in sufferers of non-recoverableunilateral ...
Fergal Coulter, Michael Vloeberghs, Philip Breedon   +2 more
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Reproducibility of the dynamics of facial expressions in unilateral facial palsy [PDF]

, 2018
The aim of this study was to assess the reproducibility of non-verbal facial expressions in unilateral facial paralysis using dynamic four-dimensional (4D) imaging. The Di4D system was used to record five facial expressions of 20 adult patients.
Alagha, Mahmoud Amir, Ayoub, Ashraf, Ju, Xiangyang, Morley, Stephen   +3 more
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Emotional Empathy and Facial Mimicry for Static and Dynamic Facial Expressions of Fear and Disgust

Frontiers 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, Krystyna Rymarczyk, Łukasz Żurawski, Kamila Jankowiak-Siuda, Iwona Szatkowska   +4 more
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Primate modularity and evolution: first anatomical network analysis of primate head and neck musculoskeletal system [PDF]

, 2018
Network theory is increasingly being used to study morphological modularity and integration. Anatomical network analysis (AnNA) is a framework for quantitatively characterizing the topological organization of anatomical structures and providing an ...
A Goswami, A Porto, A Porto, AM Burrows, B Esteve-Altava, B Esteve-Altava, B Esteve-Altava, B Esteve-Altava, B Hallgrímsson, B Hallgrímsson, B Hallgrímsson, BM Waller, C Rolian, CF Ross, D Rasskin-Gutman, DE Lieberman, E Bullmore, G Marroig, G Marroig, GB Müller, GP Wagner, GP Wagner, J Ahn, KL Lewton, KL Schmidt, L Scheider, L Scheider, LA Parr, LR Monteiro, M Bastir, ML Moss, ML Zelditch, NM Young, NM Young, P Mitteroecker, R Cornette, R Diogo, R Diogo, R Laffont, RR Ackermann, RR Ackermann, SE Santana, SE Santana, SR Jackson, T Saucède, WR Atchley, X Li   +46 more
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Bilateral Facial Spasm Following Guillain–Barré Syndrome

Tremor 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

Frontiers 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, Gerd Fabian Volk, Gerd Fabian Volk, Gerd Fabian Volk, Dirk Arnold, Dirk Arnold, Berit Schneider-Stickler, Winfried Mayr, Orlando Guntinas-Lichius, Orlando Guntinas-Lichius, Orlando Guntinas-Lichius   +10 more
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Localization of brain stem motoneurons innervating the laryngeal muscles in the rufous horseshoe bat,rhinolophus rouxi [PDF]

, 1981
The motoneurons innervating the laryngeal muscles were localized in the rufous horseshoe bat,Rhinolophus rouxi, using the HRP method. HRP was applied to the cricothyroid muscle and to the cut end of the recurrent laryngeal nerve. Labeled motoneurons were
bowden, Bowden, Bruns, Claudia Ruehle, Gacek, Gacek, Hermann Schweizer, Illing, Mesulam, Murray, Neuweiler, Rosene, Rudolf Ruebsamen, Ruebsamen, Ruebsamen, Schneider, Schnitzler, Schuller, Schuller, Schuller, Streit, Szentogothai, Wetzel, Wustow, Yoshida   +24 more
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Muscular subunits transplantation for facial reanimation [PDF]

Acta 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, Fábio Xerfan Nahas, Rodrigo Tiago Faria, Ramil Sinder, Lydia Masako Ferreira   +4 more
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Efficacy of Facial Exercises in Facial Expression Categorization in Schizophrenia

Brain 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, Sonia Mele, Vincenzo Callegari, Raffaella Bivi, Francesca Saracino, Laila Craighero   +5 more
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Improvements on a simple muscle-based 3D face for realistic facial expressions [PDF]

, 2003
Facial expressions play an important role in face-to-face communication. With the development of personal computers capable of rendering high quality graphics, computer facial animation has produced more and more realistic facial expressions to enrich ...
Bui, The Duy, Heylen, Dirk, Nijholt, Anton   +2 more
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