title: Kinematics of electrically elicited eyelid movement.
abstract: Electrical stimulation has demonstrated potential for reanimating eye blink following facial paralysis caused by damage to the seventh cranial nerve. This study investigated the kinematics of lid movement caused by electrical stimulation of the orbicularis oculi muscle in both normal rabbit and rabbit with surgically induced seventh nerve lesion.
authors.affiliation: Doheny Eye Institute and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA. nsachs@doheny.org
authors.forename: Nicholas A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Sachs
authors.forename: Eli L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Weiland
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena / Q000379:methods; D001767:Blinking / Q000502:physiology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D053483:Eye Movement Measurements; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000294:innervation* / Q000502:physiology*; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000294:innervation* / Q000502:physiology*; D011817:Rabbits