✦ LIBER ✦
Altered synaptic organization in facial nucleus following facial nerve regeneration: An electrophysiological study in man
✍ Scribed by Dr. Marc Bratzlavsky; Dr. Henri Vander Eecken
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1977
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 297 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Seven patients with postfacial palsy contracture and mass contractions were investigated electrophysiologically. In 3 patients the early blink reflex showed an unusually high amplitude, which can be attributed to enhanced excitability of facial motor neurons. In 5 patients the early blink reflex had acquired a crossed character. It is assumed that changes in organization of the facial nucleus contribute to the altered function of reinnervated facial muscles.