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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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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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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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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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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
doaj   +1 more source

Extraocular Motor System Exhibits a Higher Expression of Neurotrophins When Compared with Other Brainstem Motor Systems

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2017
Extraocular motoneurons resist degeneration in diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The main objective of the present work was to characterize the presence of neurotrophins in extraocular motoneurons and muscles of the adult rat.
Rosendo G. Hernández   +5 more
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The perception and mimicry of facial movements predict judgments of smile authenticity. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
The mechanisms through which people perceive different types of smiles and judge their authenticity remain unclear. Here, 19 different types of smiles were created based on the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), using highly controlled, dynamic avatar ...
Sebastian Korb   +4 more
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Adolescents with HIV and facial lipoatrophy: response to facial stimulation

open access: yesClinics, 2014
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the effects of facial stimulation over the superficial muscles of the face in individuals with facial lipoatrophy associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and with no indication for treatment with polymethyl ...
Jesus Claudio Gabana-Silveira   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human faces are slower than chimpanzee faces. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
While humans (like other primates) communicate with facial expressions, the evolution of speech added a new function to the facial muscles (facial expression muscles).
Anne M Burrows   +4 more
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