Effects of inflammatory irritant application to the rat temporomandibular joint on jaw and neck muscle activity

XM Yu, BJ Sessle, H Vernon, JW Hu - Pain, 1995 - journals.lww.com
An electromyographic (EMG) study was carried out in 40 anaesthetized rats to determine if
the activity of jaw and neck muscles could be influenced by injection of the small-fibre …

Administration of opiate antagonist naloxone induces recurrence of increased jaw muscle activities related to inflammatory irritant application to rat …

XM Yu, BJ Sessle, H Vernon… - Journal of …, 1994 - journals.physiology.org
1. Our recent studies in rats have demonstrated that the small-fiber excitant and
inflammatory irritant mustard oil injected into the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) region can …

Development of inflammation after application of mustard oil or glutamate to the rat temporomandibular joint

PM Fiorentino, BE Cairns, JW Hu - Archives of Oral Biology, 1999 - Elsevier
Application of the small-fibre excitant and inflammatory irritant mustard oil or the excitatory
amino-acid receptor agonist glutamate to the rat temporomandibular joint (TMJ) region …

Excitatory effects on neck and jaw muscle activity of inflammatory irritant applied to cervical paraspinal tissues

JW Hu, XM Yu, H Vernon, BJ Sessle - Pain, 1993 - Elsevier
A study was carried out in 19 anaesthetized rats to determine if the electromyographic
(EMG) activity of jaw and neck muscles could be influenced by injection of the inflammatory …

Involvement of NMDA receptor mechanisms in jaw electromyographic activity and plasma extravasation induced by inflammatory irritant application to …

MX Yu, JB Sessle, AD Haas, A Izzo, H Vernon, WJ Hu - Pain, 1996 - journals.lww.com
The aim of this study was to examine the possible role of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA)
receptor mechanisms in responses induced by the small-fibre excitant and inflammatory …

Jaw electromyographic activity induced by the application of algesic chemicals to the rat tooth pulp

M Sunakawa, YC Chiang, JB Sessle, JW Hu - Pain, 1999 - journals.lww.com
The aim of this study was to determine if the application of mustard oil (MO), a small-fiber
excitant and inflammatory irritant, or other algesic chemicals (capsaicin, CAP, and …

Evidence that excitatory amino acid receptors within the temporomandibular joint region are involved in the reflex activation of the jaw muscles

BE Cairns, BJ Sessle, JW Hu - Journal of Neuroscience, 1998 - Soc Neuroscience
We have previously shown that injection of the inflammatory irritant and small-fiber excitant
mustard oil (MO) into the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) region can reflexively induce a …

Effects of experimental muscle pain on electromyographic activity of masticatory muscles in the rat

JY Ro, P Svensson, N Capra - Muscle & nerve, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of noxious chemical stimulation of
a jaw muscle on postural electromyographic (EMG) activity from several masticatory muscles …

Morphine application to peripheral tissues modulates nociceptive jaw reflex

M Bakke, JW Hu, BJ Sessle - Neuroreport, 1998 - journals.lww.com
THIS study assessed the effect of peripherally applied opioids on the electromyographic
activity reflexly evoked in digastric and masseter muscles by injection of the small-fiber …

Involvement of trigeminal subnucleus caudalis (medullary dorsal horn) in craniofacial nociceptive reflex activity

CM Tsai, CY Chiang, XM Yu, BJ Sessle - Pain, 1999 - Elsevier
We have previously shown that an increase in electromyographic (EMG) activity of digastric
(DIG) and masseter (MASS) muscles can be reflexly evoked by injection into the rat's …