Forces applied by the incisors and roles of periodontal afferents during food-holding and -biting tasks

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 486-496

  Trulsson, Mats ^a   Johansson, Roland S ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biting; Human; Mechanoreceptor; Periodontal afferent; Sensorimotor control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EATING; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCISOR; MALE; MASTICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0030029111     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00230428     Document Type: Article

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