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Brain Plasticity and Emotion Recognition in Patients With Facial Palsy Before & After Surgical Rehabilitation: MEG Study

NCT06809127 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 16

Last updated 2026-01-26

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Summary

Facial palsy (of one hemiface) affects the sensorimotor representation of the face of the patients, and possibly also their mental representation of emotional facial expressions. Three surgical techniques are performed to rehabilitate the face motricity in patients with severe facial palsy: Facio-facial anastomosis (AFF), Hypoglosso-facial anastomosis (AHF), and Lengthening temporalis myoplasty (LTM). Our objective is to study brain plasticity and facial emotion recognition in patients with facial palsy before and after surgical rehabilitation, using non invasive magnetoencephalography (MEG) recording during motor and emotion recognition tasks.

Conditions

  • Facial Palsy
  • Surgery

Interventions

DEVICE

Behavioral tasks with MEG recording

The patients will undergo two visits, during which MEG will be recorded in two types of behavioral tasks: motor task and emotion recognition task. One visit will take place before surgery. The second visit will take place after the surgical intervention and the face motor rehabilitation, 3 to 18 months after the 1st visit.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fondation des Gueules Cassées

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Frédéric TANKERE, MD, PhD · Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-06-26
Primary Completion
2023-02-27
Completion
2023-02-27

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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