Nocturnal Masseter Muscle Activity and Urinary Catecholamine Levels in Bruxers
- 1 October 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Dental Research
- Vol. 59 (10) , 1571-1576
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345800590100301
Abstract
Nocturnal electromyographic recordings of masseter muscle activity were performed on 20 bruxist and ten control subjects. Each subject collected two 24-hour urine samples. An analysis of urinary catecholamine content was performed. A positive relationship was found between increased epinephrine contentand high levels of nocturnal masseter muscle activity.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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