Open AccessDifferences in functional brain alterations driven by right or left facial nerve efferent dysfunction: Evidence from early Bell’s palsy
Author(s) -
Xiaoxu Han,
Haimei Li,
Lei Du,
Xiaochun Wang,
Yijiang Zhu,
Hongwei Yu,
Tianbin Song,
Shibin Sun,
Runcai Guo,
Jing Liu,
Sumin Shi,
Chao Fu,
Wenwen Gao,
Lu Zhang,
Ran Yan,
Guolin Ma
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-4292
pISSN - 2223-4306
DOI - 10.21037/qims.2019.02.13
Subject(s) - bell's palsy , efferent , facial nerve , palsy , medicine , left and right , neuroscience , psychology , anatomy , pathology , afferent , alternative medicine , structural engineering , engineering
Bell's palsy is defined as idiopathic unilateral facial nerve palsy. Early Bell's palsy is characterized by emerging asymmetric motor conduction of the facial nerve and obvious imbalance of facial muscle movement, which can result in a substantial psychological impact on patients and trigger brain cortical functional reorganization. However, the differences between the brain functional alterations were driven by right or left facial nerve efferent dysfunction in patients with early Bell's palsy are not fully understood. The neuroimage study in patients with different-sided Bell's palsy in the early stage will help to understand the different mechanisms involved in functional integration driven by unilateral facial efferent nerve dysfunction and to provide the theoretical foundation for the choice of suitable treatment strategy.