Changes in rabbit jaw-muscle activity parameters in response to reduced masticatory load

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 775-781

  Grunheid T ^a   Brugman, P ^b   Zentner, A ^a   Langenbach, G E J ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activity burst; Adaptation; Duty time; Electromyography; Functional load

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JAW; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JAW; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; RABBITS; TEMPORAL MUSCLE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 76749120934     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.037762     Document Type: Article

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