Psychological Stress Induces Temporary Masticatory Muscle Mechanical Sensitivity in Rats

To explore the relationship between psychological stress and masticatory muscle pain, we created a communication stress animal model to determine whether psychological stress could induce increased mechanical sensitivity in masticatory muscles and to study the changes of mechanical nociceptive thres...

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Main Authors: Fei Huang, Min Zhang, Yong-Jin Chen, Qiang Li, An-Zhen Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/720603