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Figure 4

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

Figure 4

Masticatory jaw-movement trajectories in lateral plane during the RC period. A: Jaw-movement trajectories were constructed based on the vertical and horizontal movements. B: The jaw-movement trajectories were divided into 4 patterns based on the direction of the horizontal excursion of the jaw, i.e., Type-I (bilateral shift of the jaw), Type-II (jaw moved either contralateral to IAN-X or parallel to the upper jaw), Type-III (no lateral shift of the jaw), Type-IV (jaw moved only contralateral to IAN-X) and Type-V. The jaw movement patterns in the sham rats (C), IAN-X (D), IAN-X + saline (i.p.) rats (E), IAN-X + saline (m.i.) rats (F), IAN-X + MC (i.p.) rats (G) and IAN-X + MC (m.i.) rats (H). In IAN-X rats, bilateral excursion of the jaw (Type-I) was not apparent. The jaw-movement patterns were expressed as the percentage of the total chewing cycle.

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Molecular Pain

ISSN: 1744-8069

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