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Archives of oral biology · Jul 2009
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyInfluence of topical anaesthesia on the corticomotor response to tongue training.
The aim of this experimental study was to investigate if perturbation of somatosensory function would change corticomotor excitability of the tongue musculature in relation to a novel tongue training task. ⋯ Topical anaesthesia has no major effects on corticomotor excitability of tongue musculature and there appears to be a strong individual variation in the effects of a tongue training task on MEP amplitudes.