Quantitative analysis of masticatory activity during unilateral mastication using muscle fMRI.
Quantitative analysis of masticatory activity during unilateral mastication using muscle fMRI.
复制标题
使用肌肉功能磁共振成像对单侧咀嚼过程中的咀嚼活动进行定量分析。
作者:
S. Yamaguchi;S. Itoh;Y. Watanabe;A. Tsuboi;Makoto Watanabe;Makoto Watanabe
OBJECTIVE
Quantitative analysis of the activities of all masticatory muscles is required to elucidate the mechanism of stomatognathic dysfunction. Electromyography can be used to record the activity of masticatory muscles, but quantification of the overall activity of every masticatory muscle has not been accomplished because of methodological limitations. In this study, we used muscle functional magnetic resonance imaging for simultaneous quantification of the overall activities of the masseter, medial pterygoid and lateral pterygoid muscles during unilateral gum chewing.
METHODS
Seven healthy male volunteers participated in the study. We evaluated changes in the mean proton transverse relaxation time in the bilateral masseter, medial pterygoid and lateral pterygoid muscles before and after unilateral gum chewing, and to quantify the overall activity of these muscles simultaneously during unilateral gum chewing.
RESULTS
After 5 min of chewing, the activity of the ipsilateral masseter was highest among the six muscles, followed by the ipsilateral medial pterygoid, contralateral lateral pterygoid and contralateral masseter muscles.
CONCLUSION
These results affirm the importance of the ipsilateral masseter muscle and quantitatively demonstrate the important contribution of the ipsilateral medial pterygoid and contralateral lateral pterygoid muscles during unilateral mastication.
影响因子:
3.3
作者:
YUE, G;ALEXANDER, AL;ENOKA, RM
通讯作者:
ENOKA, RM
DOI:
10.1152/jappl.1999.87.6.2107
发表时间:
1999
期刊:
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)
影响因子:
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作者:
Prior,BM;Foley,JM;Jayaraman,RC;Meyer,RA
通讯作者:
Meyer,RA