1. Time-course of Changes in Activation Among Facial Nerve Injury
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Xiao, Fu-Long, Gao, Pei-Yi, Sui, Bin-Bin, Wan, Hong, Lin, Yan, Xue, Jing, Zhou, Jian, Qian, Tian-Yi, Wang, Shiwei, Li, Dezhi, and Liu, Song
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Adult ,Facial Nerve Injuries ,Male ,Time Factors ,Functional Neuroimaging ,Observational Study ,Neuroma, Acoustic ,Middle Aged ,Adaptation, Physiological ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Neurosurgical Procedures ,Case-Control Studies ,Humans ,Female ,Sensorimotor Cortex ,Research Article - Abstract
Patients suffering different intervals of facial nerve injury were investigated by functional magnetic resonance imaging to study changes in activation within cortex. Forty-five patients were divided into 3 groups based on intervals of facial nerve injury. Another 16 age and sex-matched healthy participants were included as a control group. Patients and healthy participants underwent task functional magnetic resonance imaging (eye blinking and lip pursing) examination. Functional reorganization after facial nerve injury is dynamic and time-dependent. Correlation between activation in sensorimotor area and intervals of facial nerve injury was significant, with a Pearson correlation coefficient of −0.951 (P
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- 2015