Rhythm on Your Lips

Please Don't Bring Your Lips so Close

Are you at risk for oral cancer?

• Check your mouth for symptoms. If you see a problem, call your dentist. • Visit your dentist regularly. Your dentist can do a screening for oral cancer during a regular exam. • Don’t smoke or drink. If you drink and smoke at the same time, your risk multiplies, since alcohol increases the absorption of the toxic chemicals in tobacco. • Eat a healthy diet rich in fruits and vegetables. • A sor...

Effect of temporomandibular joint sensory receptors on functional jaw movements following intra-articular anesthesia during gum-chewing

Basic patterns of masticatory rhythm are generated by the intrinsic neuronal network, so called masticatory central pattern generator, in the brain stem, and are fine tuned in response to both peripheral feedback and central afferent inputs. It is well known that peripheral receptors responsible for the regulation of masticatory rhythm are distributed in the periodontium, lips, oral mucosa, jaw...

How to treat an asthma attack.

What are the symptoms? You may have any of the following: • Shortness of breath, trouble breathing, or fast breathing • Trouble doing normal activities, such as exercising, playing sports, or doing chores that involve lifting • Trouble talking • Fingers or lips turning blue or gray • A peak flow rate (how fast you can blow air out of your lungs) less than 80 percent of your personal best • Tigh...

Beta rhythm modulation by speech sounds: somatotopic mapping in somatosensory cortex

During speech listening motor regions are somatotopically activated, resembling the activity that subtends actual speech production, suggesting that motor commands can be retrieved from sensory inputs. Crucially, the efficient motor control of the articulators relies on the accurate anticipation of the somatosensory reafference. Nevertheless, evidence about somatosensory activities elicited by ...