Mastication

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 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 method for discrimination of noise and EMG signal regions recorded during rhythmic behaviors. 
  • A model for comparison of masticatory effectiveness in primates. 
  • A model of temporomandibular joint function in anthropoid primates based on condylar movements during mastication. 
  • 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. 
  • An in vivo strain-gauge analysis of the squamosal-dentary joint reaction force during mastication and incisal biting in Macaca mulatta and Macaca fascicularis. 
  • Are we looking for loads in all the right places? New research directions for studying the masticatory apparatus of New World monkeys. 
  • Biomechanics of torsion in the human mandible. 
  • Biting mechanics and niche separation in a specialized clade of primate seed predators. 
  • Changes in orientation of attritional wear facets with implications for jaw motion in a mixed longitudinal sample of Propithecus edwardsi from Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. 
  • Chewing efficiency and occlusal functional morphology in modern humans. 
  • Diet and dental topography in pitheciine seed predators. 
  • Dietary consistency and plasticity of masseter fiber architecture in postweaning rabbits. 
  • EMG of the digastric muscle in gibbon and orangutan: functional consequences of the loss of the anterior digastric in orangutans. 
  • Effects of dopamine D1 and D2 receptor antagonists on oral activity in rats. 
  • Elastic properties and masticatory bone stress in the macaque mandible. 
  • Evidence for a tradeoff between retention time and chewing efficiency in large mammalian herbivores. 
  • Experimental analysis of temporomandibular joint reaction force in macaques. 
  • Experimental observation, theoretical models, and biomechanical inference in the study of mandibular form. 
  • Food material properties and mandibular load resistance abilities in large-bodied hominoids. 
  • Function of the supraorbital region of primates. 
  • 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. 
  • Growing up tough: Comparing the effects of food toughness on juvenile feeding in Sapajus libidinosus and Trachypithecus phayrei crepusculus. 
  • In vivo and in vitro bone strain in the owl monkey circumorbital region and the function of the postorbital septum. 
  • In vivo bone strain and finite element modeling of a rhesus macaque mandible during mastication. 
  • In vivo bone strain in the mandible of Galago crassicaudatus. 
  • In vivo bone strain patterns in the zygomatic arch of macaques and the significance of these patterns for functional interpretations of craniofacial form. 
  • Incisal bite force direction in humans and the functional significance of mammalian mandibular translation. 
  • In vivo bone strain in the mandibular corpus of Sapajus during a range of oral food processing behaviors. 
  • Jaw movement and tooth use in recent and fossil primates. 
  • Jaw muscle function and wishboning of the mandible during mastication in macaques and baboons. 
  • 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 electromyography during chewing in Belanger's treeshrews (Tupaia belangeri). 
  • Jaw-muscle fiber architecture in tufted capuchins favors generating relatively large muscle forces without compromising jaw gape. 
  • Loading patterns and jaw movements during mastication in Macaca fascicularis: a bone-strain, electromyographic, and cineradiographic analysis. 
  • Mandibular corpus bone strain in goats and alpacas: implications for understanding the biomechanics of mandibular form in selenodont artiodactyls. 
  • Mandibular function in Galago crassicaudatus and Macaca fascicularis: an in vivo approach to stress analysis of the mandible. 
  • Masseter electromyography during chewing in ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta). 
  • Mastication causing segmental spinal motion in common cervical orthoses. 
  • Masticatory motor patterns in ungulates: a quantitative assessment of jaw-muscle coordination in goats, alpacas and horses. 
  • Masticatory-stress hypotheses and the supraorbital region of primates. 
  • Modeling the biomechanics of articular eminence function in anthropoid primates. 
  • Modelling relative masseter force from surface electromyograms during mastication in non-human primates. 
  • Modulation of mandibular loading and bite force in mammals during mastication. 
  • Occlusal forces and mandibular bone strain: is the primate jaw "overdesigned"? 
  • Ontogeny of feeding motor patterns in infant rats: an electromyographic analysis of suckling and chewing. 
  • Orbito-Masticatory Syndrome. 
  • Phase II jaw movements and masseter muscle activity during chewing in Papio anubis. 
  • Primate dietary ecology in the context of food mechanical properties. 
  • Randomized controlled trial of vagal modulation by sham feeding in elective non-gastrointestinal (orthopaedic) surgery. 
  • Regional variation in IIM myosin heavy chain expression in the temporalis muscle of female and male baboons (Papio anubis). 
  • Rethinking primate origins. 
  • Review of In Vivo Bone Strain Studies and Finite Element Models of the Zygomatic Complex in Humans and Nonhuman Primates: Implications for Clinical Research and Practice. 
  • Scaling of rotational inertia of primate mandibles. 
  • Strain in the galago facial skull. 
  • Stress and strain in the mandibular symphysis of primates: a test of competing hypotheses. 
  • Technical note: Dental microwear textures of "Phase I" and "Phase II" facets. 
  • Temporalis function in anthropoids and strepsirrhines: an EMG study. 
  • The Biomechanics of Bony Facial "Buttresses" in South African Australopiths: An Experimental Study Using Finite Element Analysis. 
  • The effect of differences in methodology among some recent applications of shearing quotients. 
  • The expanded mandibular condyle of the Megaladapidae. 
  • The functional adaptations of primate molar teeth. 
  • The functional significance of primate mandibular form. 
  • The great imitator: Rocky Mountain spotted fever occurring after hospitalization for unrelated illnesses. 
  • The human mandible: lever or link? 
  • The instantaneous center of rotation of the mandible in nonhuman primates. 
  • The jaw adductors of strepsirrhines in relation to body size, diet, and ingested food size. 
  • The mechanical or metabolic function of secondary osteonal bone in the monkey Macaca fascicularis. 
  • The relationship between masseter force and masseter electromyogram during mastication in the monkey Macaca fascicularis. 
  • Trends in the evolution of primate mastication.