Implanted FNS system in closed-circle may become a way for the restoration of eye blinking and closing function for facial paralysis patient

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1068-1069

  Cao, Jun ^a   Lu, Bin ^a   Li, Le ^b   Tong, KaiYu ^b   Wang, Wen ^c  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYELID REFLEX; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STIMULATION;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EYELIDS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; NEURONS;

EID: 40849114969     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.11.008     Document Type: Letter

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