"Facial Muscles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Muscles of facial expression or mimetic muscles that include the numerous muscles supplied by the facial nerve that are attached to and move the skin of the face. (From Stedman, 25th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D005152
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.633.567.400 A14.363
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| Concept/Terms |
Facial Muscles- Facial Muscles
- Facial Muscle
- Muscle, Facial
- Muscles, Facial
Mimetic Muscles- Mimetic Muscles
- Mimetic Muscle
- Muscle, Mimetic
- Muscles, Mimetic
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Facial Muscles" by people in Profiles.
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von Arx T, Nakashima MJ, Lozanoff S. The Face ? A Musculoskeletal Perspective. A literature review Swiss Dent J. 2018 09 10; 128(9):678-688.
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Ziermann JM, Diogo R, Noden DM. Neural crest and the patterning of vertebrate craniofacial muscles. Genesis. 2018 06; 56(6-7):e23097.
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Hadlock T, Kowaleski J, Lo D, Bermejo R, Zeigler HP, Mackinnon S, Heaton JT. Functional assessments of the rodent facial nerve: a synkinesis model. Laryngoscope. 2008 Oct; 118(10):1744-9.
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Hill DN, Bermejo R, Zeigler HP, Kleinfeld D. Biomechanics of the vibrissa motor plant in rat: rhythmic whisking consists of triphasic neuromuscular activity. J Neurosci. 2008 Mar 26; 28(13):3438-55.
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Ruiz-Padial E, Sollers JJ, Vila J, Thayer JF. The rhythm of the heart in the blink of an eye: emotion-modulated startle magnitude covaries with heart rate variability. Psychophysiology. 2003 Mar; 40(2):306-13.
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Wild JM, Zeigler HP. Central representation and somatotopic organization of the jaw muscles within the facial and trigeminal nuclei of the pigeon (Columba livia). J Comp Neurol. 1980 Jul 01; 192(1):175-201.