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Figure 3

From: The effect of minocycline on the masticatory movements following the inferior alveolar nerve transection in freely moving rats

Figure 3

Typical examples of masticatory sequences. A entire masticatory sequence in sham rats (A), IAN-X rats (B), IAN-X + saline rats (i.p.) (C, upper graph), IAN-X + saline (m.i.) (C, lower graph), IAN-X + MC (i.p.) rats (D, left sided graph) and IAN-X + MC (m.i.) rats (D, right sided graph). The recordings include horizontal, anterior/posterior and vertical components of the jaw-movement trajectories and EMG activities of the digastric and masseter muscles. Whole masticatory sequences were defined as the period of intake of food to just before swallowing and was further divided into two masticatory periods (i.e., the preparatory period and the rhythmic-chewing period) based on the jaw-movement trajectories and the EMG activities of jaw muscles. It is notable that the masticatory movement was modulated after IAN-X, and administration of MC in IAN-X rats significantly improved the masticatory behavior.

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Molecular Pain

ISSN: 1744-8069

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