The roles of periodontal ligament mechanoreceptors in the reflex control of human jaw-closing muscles

Brain Research

Volumn 731, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 63-71

  Louca, Christos ^a,b   Cadden, Samuel W ^c   Linden, Roger W A ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jaw muscle; Masticatory system; Mechanoreceptor; Periodontal ligament; Reflex; Teeth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAW MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX;

EID: 0030603094     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00462-3     Document Type: Article

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