Publications by authors named "Talita Cunha Namgalies"
Purpose: To demonstrate in an animal model the feasibility of elevating the eyelid in a functionally useful manner by chronically stimulating the levator palpebrae superioris (LPS) muscle with an implanted electrode.
Methods: Five rabbits were implanted with electrodes designed to stimulate the nerve innervating the LPS near its entry to the muscle. Bipolar platinum electrodes in a silicone rubber envelope with silicone-sleeved, PTFE-coated platinum lead wires were used to provide long-term stimulation with bipolar square-wave pulse trains of 0.