Evidence that excitatory amino acid receptors within the temporomandibular joint region are involved in the reflex activation of the jaw muscles

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 8056-8064

  Cairns, Brian E ^a   Sessle, Barry J ^a   Hu, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digastric muscle; Excitatory amino acids; Masseter muscle; Pain; Temporomandibular joint; Trigeminal

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; JAW MUSCLE; JAW OPENING REFLEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

EID: 0032189772     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-19-08056.1998     Document Type: Article

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