Skeletal Muscle, 2022 Background Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked muscle disease caused by a complete lack of dystrophin, which stabilizes the plasma membrane of myofibers.
Keitaro Yamanouchi +10 more
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Life, 2022 Little is known about the nature of masseter muscle hypertrophy. We investigated the masseter muscle stiffness change after a single intra-masseteric session of Botox injections in people with benign bilateral masseter hypertrophy and the effect of the ...
Dorota Mierzwa +8 more
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Morphological evolution of the mammalian jaw adductor complex [PDF]
, 2016 The evolution of the mammalian jaw during the transition from non-mammalian synapsids to crown mammals is a key event in vertebrate history and characterised by the gradual reduction of its individual bones into a single element and the concomitant ...
Abdala +98 more
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Masticatory biomechanics in the rabbit : a multi-body dynamics analysis [PDF]
, 2014 Acknowledgement We thank Sue Taft (University of Hull) for the µCT-scanning of the rabbit specimen used in this study. We also thank Raphaël Cornette, Jacques Bonnin, Laurent Dufresne, and l'Amicale des Chasseurs Trappistes (ACT) for providing permission
Curtis, Neil +6 more
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Clinical significance of the buccal fat pad: how to determine the correct surgical indications based on preoperative analysis [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Despite the multitude of clinical and aesthetic uses, the correct surgical indications for buccal fat pad (BFP) removal have yet to be fully elucidated.
Bencardino, Davide +6 more
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Toxins, 2021 There are still concerns about masseteric bulging due to a lack of knowledge about the internal architecture of the masseter muscle. Further investigations are therefore required of the most-effective botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) injection points and ...
Hyung-Jin Lee +3 more
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Treatment of masseteric hypertrophy with botulinum toxin : a report of two cases [PDF]
, 2010 Masseter muscle hypertrophy is a rare condition of unknown cause which is important in the differential diagnosis of head and neck masses, located in the cheek.
Bas, Burcu +3 more
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Evaluation of Masseter Muscle Hypertrophy in Oral Submucous Fibrosis Patients -An Ultrasonographic Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014 Background: Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a chronic insidious disease of the oral mucosa, commonly seen in South East Asia. It occurs mainly due to the habit of quid or gutkha chewing.
Ankkita Chakarvarty +4 more
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Validity and sensitivity of a human cranial finite element model: Implications for comparative studies of biting performance [PDF]
, 2015 Finite element analysis (FEA) is a modelling technique increasingly used in anatomical studies investigating skeletal form and function. In the case of the cranium this approach has been applied to both living and fossil taxa to (for example) investigate
Barak +55 more
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Cephalometric studies of the mandible, its masticatory muscles and vasculature of growing Göttingen Minipigs — A comparative anatomical study to refine experimental mandibular surgery [PDF]
, 2019 Over many decades, the Göttingen Minipig has been used as a large animal model in experimental surgical research of the mandible. Recently several authors have raised concerns over the use of the Göttingen Minipig in this research area, observing ...
Corte, Guiliano Mario +4 more
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