title: [A radioimmunologic assay of insulin in lateral pterygoid muscle after functional mandibular protrusion in rats].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effect of insulin on the lateral pterygoid muscle after functional mandibular protrusion in rats.
  
  
  METHODS
  Radioimmunoassay was used to examine the level of insulin in lateral pterygoid muscle quantitatively after functional mandibular protrusion in young growing rats.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The amount of insulin in lateral pterygoid muscle in young growing rats enhanced after functional mandibular protrusion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Insulin plays an important role in adaptive remodeling of lateral pterygoid muscle after functional mandibular protrusion.
authors.affiliation: College of Stomatology, West China University of Medical Sciences.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002356:Cartilage / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D017289:Orthodontic Appliances, Functional; D011626:Pterygoid Muscles / Q000378:metabolism*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin