Distribution of periodontal afferent input to motoneurons of human masseter

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 989-996

  Yang, J ^a   Turker K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human; Masseter; Motoneuron; Periodontal; Reflex

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCISOR; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIODONTIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BITE FORCE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCISOR; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIODONTIUM; REACTION TIME; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; REFLEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0034793170     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(01)00075-9     Document Type: Article

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