Reflexive contraction of the levator palpebrae superioris muscle to involuntarily sustain the effective eyelid retraction through the transverse trigeminal proprioceptive nerve on the proximal Mueller's muscle: verification with evoked electromyography

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-64

  Ban, Ryokuya ^a   Matsuo, Kiyoshi ^a   Osada, Yoshiro ^a   Ban, Midori ^a   Yuzuriha, Shunsuke ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evoked electromyography; Levator palpebrae superioris muscle; Mechanoreceptors in Mueller's muscle; Reflexive contraction; Trigeminal proprioception; Trigemino oculomotor reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; EYELID MUSCLE; EYELID REFLEX; EYELID RETRACTION; FAST MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEIGE SYNDROME; MUELLER MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; UPPER EYELID;

BLINKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELIDS; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEIGE SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFLEX; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 72649092444     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.07.021     Document Type: Article

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