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An electrical stimulation study on the afferent fibers in the facial nerve of cats and the contralateral facial muscle response
Author(s) -
Binns Philip M.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197403000-00002
Subject(s) - facial nerve , cats , anatomy , electromyography , facial muscles , stimulation , afferent , medicine , carnivora , anesthesia , psychiatry
Electrical stimulation studies on the exposed facial nerve in cats have demonstrated a contralateral facial muscle response. This has been assessed by direct observation, electromyography, conduction times, photography and cinematography. A series of facial nerve transection experiments have been performed. It has been shown that afferent fibers are distributed with the distal facial nerve and pass through the stylomastoid foramen. These afferent fibers leave the facial nerve in the vertical portion of the facial nerve in the mastoid by an anastomotic branch which is thought to communicate with the Xth nerve.