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  • Title: Microelectrode recordings from the facial nerve in man.
    Author: Nordin M, Hagbarth KE, Thomander L, Wallin U.
    Journal: Acta Physiol Scand; 1986 Nov; 128(3):379-87. PubMed ID: 3788616.
    Abstract:
    Microneurographic recordings have for the first time been obtained from the human facial nerve trunk, close to its exit from the stylomastoid foramen. The aim was to search for evidence of an afferent or sympathetic component of the facial nerve at this level and to study the fascicular organization of motor fibres. Single unit discharges of motor axons were occasionally discerned, and all recordings showed multiunit motor impulses preceding the EMG activity of the appropriate facial muscles by about 5 ms during both blink reflexes and voluntary contractions. No evidence of low-threshold mechanoreceptive afferents was found. Electron microscopic studies at the level of recording showed unmyelinated axons but attempts to record nociceptive and sympathetic activity failed. However, deep facial pain evoked by intraneural stimulation suggested the presence of nociceptive afferents of non-cutaneous origin. Intrafascicular recording and stimulation showed that most fascicles were composed of motor axons innervating muscles within the whole ipsilateral half of the face.
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