Periodontal anaesthetisation decreases rhythmic synchrony between masseteric motor units at the frequency of jaw tremor

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 673-682

  Sowman, Paul F ^a   Ogston, Kirstin M ^a   Türker, Kemal S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coherence; Motor unit; Physiological tremor; Trigeminal

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAW; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BITE FORCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PERIODICITY; TREMOR; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 34249021525     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0824-9     Document Type: Article

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