Jaw

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A biomechanical analysis of skull form in gum-harvesting galagids. 
  • A comment on: the instantaneous center of rotation during human jaw opening and its significance in interpreting the functional meaning of condylar translation (Chen, x., 1998, Am J phys anthropol 106:35-46) 
  • A preliminary analysis of correlated evolution in Mammalian chewing motor patterns. 
  • A preliminary analysis of correlations between chewing motor patterns and mandibular morphology across mammals. 
  • A preliminary analysis of the relationship between jaw-muscle architecture and jaw-muscle electromyography during chewing across primates. 
  • Are we looking for loads in all the right places? New research directions for studying the masticatory apparatus of New World monkeys. 
  • Comparative analysis of masseter fiber architecture in tree-gouging (Callithrix jacchus) and nongouging (Saguinus oedipus) callitrichids. 
  • Comparative functional analysis of skull morphology of tree-gouging primates. 
  • Constructing an adult orofacial premotor atlas in Allen mouse CCF. 
  • Does change in ECT electrode placement help temporomandibular joint pain? 
  • Feeding behavior, diet, and the functional consequences of jaw form in orangutans, with implications for the evolution of Pongo. 
  • Functional and evolutionary significance of the recruitment and firing patterns of the jaw adductors during chewing in Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi). 
  • Functional correlates of the position of the axis of rotation of the mandible during chewing in non-human primates. 
  • Healthy baboon with no upper jaw or nose: an extreme case of adaptability in the Kibale National Park, Uganda. 
  • Heterogeneity of tardive dyskinesia. A multivariate analysis. 
  • Hyperbaric oxygen therapy and osteonecrosis. 
  • Improving tinnitus with mechanical treatment of the cervical spine and jaw. 
  • Jaw muscles of New World squirrels. 
  • Jaw-Muscle Fiber Architecture and Leverage in the Hard-Object Feeding Sooty Mangabey are not Structured to Facilitate Relatively Large Bite Forces Compared to Other Papionins. 
  • Jaw-muscle architecture and mandibular morphology influence relative maximum jaw gapes in the sexually dimorphic Macaca fascicularis. 
  • Jaw-muscle fiber architecture in tufted capuchins favors generating relatively large muscle forces without compromising jaw gape. 
  • Localized injections of botulinum toxin for the treatment of focal dystonia and hemifacial spasm. 
  • Masticatory motor patterns in ungulates: a quantitative assessment of jaw-muscle coordination in goats, alpacas and horses. 
  • Monosynaptic premotor circuit tracing reveals neural substrates for oro-motor coordination. 
  • Multifunctionality and mechanical origins: ballistic jaw propulsion in trap-jaw ants. 
  • Oesophageal and sternohyal muscle fibres are novel Pax3-dependent migratory somite derivatives essential for ingestion. 
  • Overview of FEED, the feeding experiments end-user database. 
  • Phase II jaw movements and masseter muscle activity during chewing in Papio anubis. 
  • Phylogeny, scaling, and the generation of extreme forces in trap-jaw ants. 
  • The influence of masseter and temporalis sarcomere length operating ranges as determined by laser diffraction on architectural estimates of muscle force and excursion in macaques (Macaca fascicularis and Macaca mulatta). 
  • The jaw adductors of strepsirrhines in relation to body size, diet, and ingested food size. 
  • The morphology of the masticatory apparatus facilitates muscle force production at wide jaw gapes in tree-gouging common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). 
  • The relationships among jaw-muscle fiber architecture, jaw morphology, and feeding behavior in extant apes and modern humans. 
  • Trends in the evolution of primate mastication. 
  • Viewpoints: feeding mechanics, diet, and dietary adaptations in early hominins. 
  • Will This Patient Be Difficult to Intubate?: The Rational Clinical Examination Systematic Review. 
  • Zebrafish Erc1b mediates motor innervation and organization of craniofacial muscles in control of jaw movement. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Roth, V. Louise, Professor of Biology, Evolutionary Anthropology