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ArticleBrain sciences2020

Abnormal Emotional Processing and Emotional Experience in Patients with Peripheral Facial Nerve Paralysis: An MEG Study.

Mina Kheirkhah, Stefan Brodoehl, Lutz Leistritz, Theresa Götz, Philipp Baumbach, Ralph Huonker, Otto W Witte, Gerd Fabian Volk, Orlando Guntinas-Lichius, Carsten M Klingner

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  3. Impact of Bell's palsy in facial emotion recognition: a prospective observational study of 60 patients.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
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10 authors.

Mina KheirkhahBiomagnetic Center, Jena University Hospital, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Stefan BrodoehlBiomagnetic Center, Jena University Hospital, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Lutz LeistritzInstitute of Medical Statistics, Computer and Data Sciences, Jena University Hospital, 07740 Jena, Germany.
Theresa GötzBiomagnetic Center, Jena University Hospital, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Philipp BaumbachDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena University Hospital, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Ralph HuonkerBiomagnetic Center, Jena University Hospital, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Otto W WitteHans Berger Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Gerd Fabian VolkDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Jena University Hospital, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Orlando Guntinas-LichiusDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Jena University Hospital, 07747 Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9671-0784
Carsten M KlingnerBiomagnetic Center, Jena University Hospital, 07747 Jena, Germany.

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung IRESTRA 16SV7209 and Schwerpunktprogramm BU 1327/4-1
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Abstract

Abnormal emotional reactions of the brain in patients with facial nerve paralysis have not yet been reported. This study aims to investigate this issue by applying a machine-learning algorithm that discriminates brain emotional activities that belong either to patients with facial nerve paralysis or to healthy controls. Beyond this, we assess an emotion rating task to determine whether there are differences in their experience of emotions. MEG signals of 17 healthy controls and 16 patients with facial nerve paralysis were recorded in response to picture stimuli in three different emotional categories (pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral). The selected machine learning technique in this study was the logistic regression with LASSO regularization. We demonstrated significant classification performances in all three emotional categories. The best classification performance was achieved considering features based on event-related fields in response to the pleasant category, with an accuracy of 0.79 (95% CI (0.70, 0.82)). We also found that patients with facial nerve paralysis rated pleasant stimuli significantly more positively than healthy controls. Our results indicate that the inability to express facial expressions due to peripheral motor paralysis of the face might cause abnormal brain emotional processing and experience of particular emotions.

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classificationemotionfacial nerve paralysisLASSOMEG

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PMID32143383
PMCPMC7139433

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