Closing movements are among the basic physiological motor actions of the jaw. In particular, chewing cycles and jaw closing during swallowing are specific closing movements that must achieve intercuspation (IC), as a predetermined target position, with high precision. It can be inferred from this physiological significance that jaw-closing movements are controlled by precise sensorimotor programmes. 1 The central pattern generator (CPG), a group of cells in the region of the medial bulbar reticular formation, drives alternating
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