Topographical Representation of Motoneurons Innervating the Transverse Mandibular Muscle in the Trigeminal Motor Nucleus, with Special Reference to Rats

Journal of Oral Biosciences

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-142

  Uemura, Masanori ^a   Sonomura, Takahiro ^a   Yamanaka, Atsushi ^a   Tabata, Makoto J ^a   Nakashima, Mitsuo ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NTT West Japan Kyushu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

electromyography; house musk shrew; masticatory muscle; miniature pig; pterygoid muscle

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010108201     PISSN: 13490079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2330/joralbiosci.49.136     Document Type: Article

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