Running head: HISTAMINERGIC INPUTS IN THE JAW-CLOSING REFLEX ARC

Involvement of Histaminergic Inputs in the Jaw-Closing Reflex Arc 1 2 Chikako Gemba,* Kiyomi Nakayama,* Shiro Nakamura, Ayako Mochizuki, Mitsuko 3 Inoue, Tomio Inoue 4 5 Department of Oral Physiology, Showa University School of Dentistry, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 6 Japan; and Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Showa University School of Dentistry, 7 Oota-ku, Tokyo, Japan 8 9 Running head: HISTAMINERGIC INPUTS IN THE JAW-CLOSING REFLEX ARC 10 11 C. Gemba and K. Nakayama contributed equally to this work. 12 13 Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: 14 Tomio Inoue, D.D.S., Ph.D. 15 Department of Oral Physiology, Showa University School of Dentistry, 16 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan 17 Phone: +81-3-3784-8159 18 Fax: +81-3-3784-8161 19 E-mail: [email protected] 20 21 22 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (April 22, 2015). doi:10.1152/jn.00515.2014