Abstract：
:Muscle activity patterns in some complex human jaw muscles appear to be task sensitive. However, it is presently uncertain how changes in motor task affect motor unit (MU) behaviour in the human temporalis muscle. In this study, activity was recorded from 40 MUs in the anterior region of the muscle. The lowest sustainable firing frequency (LSFF) was reached by slow increases and decreases in firing rate, then firing was maintained at the lowest possible rate without significant pauses. An array of consecutive interspike intervals (ISI) were sampled digitally and used to measure the LSFF for each task associated with the MU. In a controlled paradigm, MU reflex inhibition was measured during the performance of different tasks. Single electrical pulses of non-noxious intensity were delivered to the gingiva near the maxillary canine tooth. During continuous MU firing at a controlled firing frequency of 10 Hz, series of pulses were delivered with increasing delays, after preselected spikes. The MUs fired continuously during the performance of 1-4 postural and tooth-contact tasks. There were significant differences in LSFFs between tasks in those MUs associated with multiple tasks. In the reflex study, all MUs were inhibited, but the magnitude of the inhibition was highly task dependent. Thus, both LSFF and reflex inhibition of temporalis MUs appear to vary with the motor task and are sensitive to the position of the jaw and the direction and location of tooth contact along the tooth row. This behaviour most likely reflects task-related changes in output from orofacial and muscle afferents.
journal_name
Exp Brain Resjournal_title
Experimental brain researchauthors
McMillan ASdoi
10.1007/BF00230303subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-01-01 00:00:00pages
336-42issue
2eissn
0014-4819issn
1432-1106journal_volume
94pub_type
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