Bell's palsy and intraocular pressure.
A prospective study was established to test the effect of orbicularis tone on intraocular pressure. Local nerve block of the 7th cranial nerve by either the methods of Van Lint or O'Brien and Atkinson revealed no effect on the measured intraocular pressure.
D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*