Extrinsic tongue and suprahyoid muscle activities during mastication in freely feeding rabbits

Brain Research
Makoto InoueYoshiaki Yamada

Abstract

To evaluate the coordination of tongue and suprahyoid muscle activities during natural mastication, electromyograms (EMGs) of jaw-closer, jaw-opener, suprahyoid (mylohyoid, MH), tongue-retractor (styloglossus, SG) and tongue-protractor (genioglossus, GG) muscles were recorded as well as the jaw-movement trajectories in vertical and horizontal axes in awake rabbits. Each masticatory cycle had three components including the fast-closing (FC), slow-closing (SC) and opening (Op) phases. The duration of the SC phase was much longer during pellet chewing while the durations of the FC and Op phases were much shorter during pellet chewing than bread or banana chewing. The jaw movements during banana chewing had a small amplitude of lateral excursion and a large amplitude of gape as compared with those during pellet and bread chewing. The MH muscle exhibited double-peaked EMG bursts during the Op phase. The MH bursts in the late part of the Op phase were dominant on the non-chewing side during pellet and bread chewing. The SG muscle also exhibited double-peaked EMG bursts. During pellet and bread chewing, the SG bursts during the SC phase were significantly larger on the chewing side than the non-chewing side. These bursts were also dom...Continue Reading

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Aug 25, 2011·Dysphagia·Takanori TsujimuraMakoto Inoue
Aug 26, 2009·Journal of Oral Rehabilitation·Y Miyaoka, I Ashida
Oct 1, 2010·Archives of Oral Biology·David A Reed, Callum F Ross
Dec 1, 2005·Brain Research·Yohji HarasawaYoshiaki Yamada
Aug 10, 2005·Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology·Yoshiaki YamadaMakoto Inoue
Aug 7, 2013·Archives of Oral Biology·Elizabeth A CraneGeoffrey E Gerstner

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