User: Guest  Login
More Searchfields
Simple search
Title:

Pharmacologic denervation of frown muscles enhances baseline expression of happiness and decreases baseline expression of anger, sadness, and fear.

Document type:
Journal Article; Article
Author(s):
Heckmann, M; Teichmann, B; Schröder, U; Sprengelmeyer, R; Ceballos-Baumann, AO
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Individuals with intense frowning are commonly perceived as expressing negative emotions. Anger, fear, and sadness are associated with corrugator ("frown") muscle activity. OBJECTIVE: We sought to study how faces were perceived by others after denervation of frown muscles with localized botulinum toxin injections for treatment of facial frown lines. METHODS: Facial photographs were taken from volunteers before and after botulinum toxin injection. These photographs were shown to viewe...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
J Am Acad Dermatol
Year:
2003
Journal volume:
49
Journal issue:
2
Pages contribution:
213-6
Language:
eng
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12894067
Print-ISSN:
0190-9622
TUM Institution:
Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik
 BibTeX