Electrical stimulation of the paralyzed orbicularis oculi in rabbit

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-75

  Sachs, Nicholas A ^a,b   Chang, Eli L ^b   Vyas, Neha ^a,b,c   Sorensen, Brandon N ^d,e   Weiland, James D ^a,b  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Second Sight Medical Products Inc   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Denervation; Electrical stimulation; Orbicularis oculi; Reinnervation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; BIPHASIC; BIPHASIC PULSE; CRANIAL NERVES; DENERVATION; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; ORBICULARIS; POTENTIAL LOSS; PULSE AMPLITUDE; PULSE WIDTH; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; STIMULATING ELECTRODES; STIMULATION PULSE; STRENGTH DURATION CURVE; VARIED PARAMETERS;

RAILROAD CARS;

LOCOMOTIVES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EVALUATION; EYELID DISEASE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EYELID DISEASES; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARALYSIS; RABBITS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248571725     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2007.891372     Document Type: Article

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