Mast cells in masseter muscle in experimental bruxism in man.
Three human subjects performed tooth grinding for 25 min, and after 20 h biopsies of the right and left masseter muscles were examined for their contents of mast cells. In comparison with specimens from a control group of three subjects, there was an increase of degranulating mast cells in muscles that had performed bruxism.
D000328:Adult; D002012:Bruxism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002452:Cell Count; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000473:pathology* / Q000502:physiology; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000473:pathology*