Archives of Oral Biology
Volume 54, Issue 8 , Pages 783-789 , August 2009

Effects of increased occlusal vertical dimension on daily activity and myosin heavy chain composition in rat jaw muscle

  • Yoshiki Ohnuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, 2-1-3 Tsurumi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-8501, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 45 581 1001; fax: +81 45 585 2889.
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  • Nobuhiko Kawai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Developmental Biology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Eiji Tanaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, The University of Tokushima Graduate School of Oral Sciences, Tokushima, Japan
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  • Geerling E.J. Langenbach

      Affiliations

    • Department of Functional Anatomy, ACTA, Universiteit van Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Kazuo Tanne

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Developmental Biology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Yasutake Saeki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, 2-1-3 Tsurumi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-8501, Japan

,Accepted 4 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2009.05.008

Archives of Oral Biology
Volume 54, Issue 8 , Pages 783-789 , August 2009

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