Nature of neck motor unit activities evoked by different trigeminal inputs in rats

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 402-405

  Zeredo, J L ^a,b   Toda, K ^b   Soma, K ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Motor unit; Neck muscles; Rat; Trigeminal input

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; INNERVATION; MASTICATION; MOTONEURON; NECK MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MASTICATION; MOTOR NEURONS; NECK MUSCLES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 0038726943     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154405910308200515     Document Type: Article

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