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Title: | Contralateral Facial Innervation in Healthy Subjects and in Patients With Peripheral Facial Palsy | Authors: | Güllüoğlu, Halil Uysal, Hasan Armağan Uludağ, Burhanettin |
Keywords: | facial palsy innervation contralateral glucocorticoid physical therapy Midline Muscles Bells-Palsy Reinnervation Nerve Musculature |
Publisher: | MDPI | Abstract: | Background: We aimed to investigate the extent of the response of the orbicularis oris muscle to stimulation of the contralateral facial nerve both in patients with peripheral facial palsy (PFP) and in healthy subjects. Methods: EMG was performed at 2-6 weeks after the onset of PFP in the patient group and at any time in the healthy control group. We performed nerve conduction testing, electroneurography, and surface and needle EMG. Results: A total of 276 participants (patients/healthy controls: 218/58) were analyzed. The extent of the response of the contralateral orbicularis oris muscles to facial nerve stimulation was higher in healthy controls compared to that in the affected group. The response of the contralateral orbicularis oris muscles to stimulation of the paralyzed facial nerve was more extensive in those patients to whom glucocorticoid or physical therapy had been given. Cross-facial innervation in the orbicularis oris muscle extended up to 1.5 cm in one-third of healthy controls and was higher than that in those with PFP. Glucocorticoid or physical therapy seemed to improve cross-innervation in facial palsy. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that the stimulus leading to the contralateral muscular response is mediated through crossing axons rather than muscular fibers. | URI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13071846 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14365/5284 |
ISSN: | 2077-0383 |
Appears in Collections: | PubMed İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / PubMed Indexed Publications Collection Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection |
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