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Myosin heavy-chain composition of the human hyoglossus muscle.
Dysphagia - 1 Jun 2010
Sokoloff Alan J, Daugherty Megan, Li Haiyan
Abstract excerpt
The human tongue muscle hyoglossus (HG) is active in oromotor behaviors encompassing a wide range of tongue movement speeds. Here we test the hypothesis that the human HG is composed of "uncommon" myosin heavy-chain (MHC) isoforms MHCembryonic, MHCneonatal, and MHCslow tonic as has been reported for other head and neck muscles active during kinematically diverse behaviors. Following reaction of human HG with...
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