Brain and Oral Functions: Oral Motor Function and Dysfunction - Selected Papers from the Osaka International Oral Physiology Symposium on Brain and Oral Function, Osaka, Japa(v.1079 International Congress S.)

In recent years, great progress has been made in both basic and clinical research of dentistry. It is a good time, therefore, for both the basic and clinical sides of dentistry to integrate recent advances in these fields of oral motor functions. This symposium was held in Osaka in order to meet such requirements. 30 oral and 66 poster presentations were given at the symposium, on which this book is substantially based. Dentists of the next generations will be required to understand recent advances in brain research because their work is profoundly related to nerve function.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Oral physiology, "past and future", Y. Kawamura: masticatory muscle - the rabbit masseter - organization and function of a heterogenous muscle, W.A. Weijs and S.H.S. Kwa; jaw reflex - sensorimotor responses evoked by tooth displacement, D. Dessem; trigeminal motoneuron and premotoneuron - descending pathways of the basal ganglia to the orifacial premotor neuron pools, Y. Yasui; masticatory force - neuromuscular control of simulated chewing in humans, A. van der Bilt et al; the effects of functional occlusal contact on human masticatory movments - physiological implication of malocclusion, K. Takada et al; higher brain mechanism - cortical mechanisms controlling mastication and swallowing in the awake monkey, B.J. Sessle et al; masticatory system and clinical aspect - digastric muscle responses as function of the task to be performed, J.D. van Willigen et al; effects of the early maxillary orthopaedic appliance for cleft lip and palate, K. Ono et al. Part 2: trigeminal system - responses of rat jaw-elevator muscle spindle afferents to passive muscle stretches in the presence of succ-hinylcholine, R. Donga and A. Taylor; jaw movements and jaw reflex (animal) - induction of rhythmical activity in XII of isolates CNS from newborn rats, N. Katakura and Y. Nakamura; jaw movement and jaw msucle activity during mastication on the freely behaving rabbit, Y. Meng et al; jaw movements and jaw reflex (human) - influences of pressure of maxillary canine on jaw movement and spatial position sense, T. Maeda et al; contribution of mechanical properties of jaw muscles to the control of unexpected jaw-closing movements, G.E.C. Slager et al; oral sensation and bite force - structural and functional development of the buccal stretch receptor of the rat, T. Yamamoto et al; higher brain function - cortical potential during reaction to warning signal, I. Nakajuma et al; histochemistry - fibre type classification of human masseter muscle, J.J. Sciote et al; TM joint and CMD - the influence of temperomandibular disorder on auditory brainstem response, T. Takeda et al; EMG and facial morphology - reciprocal activities of the two heads of the human lateral pterygoid muscle, K. Hiraba et al; vector EMG pattern among the anterior, middle and posterior parts of the temporalis muscle in gum chewing, T. Kumai and H. Nomura; posture and EMG (tongue, neck and peri- and intraoral muscles) - measurement of human genioglossus muscle activity by means of surface electrodes, K. Takeda et al; the role of vagal and glossopharyngeal nerve on levator veli palatini muscle activity, M. Hamaguchi et al; speech - effect of aerodynamic variables in velopharyngeal function in speech, T. Tachimura et al; pain - fos induction in the medullary dorsal horn by quantitative electrical stimulation of the tooth pulp, O. Takahashi et al; saliva - effect of saliva and licking on the initial portion of taste response of rat chorda tympani nerve, R. Matsuo et al.