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

Mostafeezur, Rahman Md; Zakir, Hossain Md; Yamada, Yoshiaki; Yamamura, Kensuke; Iwata, Koichi; Sessle, Barry J; Kitagawa, Junichi

doi:10.1186/1744-8069-8-27

Table 1 A) Duration of the jaw muscle EMG activities, B) Area of the jaw muscle EMG activities

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

A)
Masticatory periods
	PP				RC
	Duration of jaw muscles (s)				Duration of jaw muscles (s)
	Jaw-closing muscles		Jaw-opening muscles		Jaw-closing muscles		Jaw-opening muscles
Group	R-mass	L-mass	R-dig	L-dig	R-mass	L-mass	R-dig	L-dig
sham (n = 7)	0.06+/-0.01	0.06+/-0.01	0.11+/-0.02	0.11+/-0.02	0.08+/-0.01	0.08+/-0.01	0.10+/-0.02	0.10+/-0.01
IAN-X (n = 7)	0.08+/-0.01	0.08+/-0.01	0.10+/-0.01	0.10+/-0.01	0.09+/-0.01	0.08+/-0.01	0.09+/-0.01	0.09+/-0.01
IAN-X + saline (i.p., n = 5)	0.08+/-0.01	0.07+/-0.01	0.10+/-0.01	0.10+/-0.01	0.09+/-0.01	0.07+/-0.01	0.09+/-0.01	0.09+/-0.01
IAN-X + saline (m.i, n = 5)	0.08+/-0.02	0.07+/-0.01	0.11+/-0.02	0.10+/-0.02	0.09+/-0.01	0.08+/-0.01	0.09+/-0.01	0.08+/-0.02
IAN-X + MC (i.p., n = 7)	0.06+/-0.02	0.07+/-0.01	0.10+/-0.02	0.10+/-0.02	0.07+/-0.01	0.08+/-0.01	0.09+/-0.02	0.09+/-0.01
IAN-X + MC (m.i., n = 5)	0.08+/-0.02	0.07+/-0.02	0.10+/-0.02	0.10+/-0.02	0.10+/-0.01	0.08+/-0.01	0.09+/-0.01	0.09+/-0.01
B)
Masticatory periods
	PP				RC
	Area of jaw muscles (s)				Area of jaw muscles (s)
	Jaw-closing muscles		Jaw-opening muscles		Jaw-closing muscles		Jaw-opening muscles
Group	R-mass	L-mass	R-dig	L-dig	R-mass	L-mass	R-dig	L-dig
sham (n = 7)	0.006+/-0.001	0.004+/-0.002	0.008+/-0.003	0.010+/-0.004	0.007+/-0.004	0.006+/-0.002	0.006+/-0.003	0.007+/-0.003
IAN-X (n = 7)	0.008+/-0.006	0.002+/-0.001	0.010+/-0.005	0.013+/-0.005	0.010+/-0.004	0.002+/-0.001^a	0.010+/-0.005	0.010+/-0.004
IAN-X + saline (i.p., n = 5)	0.008+/-0.006	0.002+/-0.001	0.010+/-0.004	0.010+/-0.005	0.010+/-0.001	0.002+/-0.001^b	0.010+/-0.005	0.010+/-0.003
IAN-X + saline (m.i, n = 5)	0.009+/-0.003	0.002+/-0.002	0.009+/-0.003	0.011+/-0.005	0.010+/-0.002	0.002+/-0.002^b	0.011+/-0.003	0.010+/-0.002
IAN-X + MC (i.p., n = 7)	0.010+/-0.006	0.003+/-0.002	0.011+/-0.005	0.012+/-0.005	0.012+/-0.006	0.004+/-0.003	0.012+/-0.004	0.011+/-0.003
IAN-X + MC (m.i., n = 5)	0.006+/-0.003	0.003+/-0.003	0.011+/-0.005	0.012+/-0.004	0.007+/-0.002	0.004+/-0.004	0.010+/-0.003	0.008+/-0.003

^a indicates that the area of the L-mass in the sham rats was significantly larger than those in the IAN-X rats.
^b indicates that the area of the L-mass in the sham rats was significantly larger than those in the IAN-X + saline rats (both i.p. and m.i).

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