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  • Title: Human masseter muscle: H- and tendon reflexes. Their paradoxical potentiation by muscle vibration.
    Author: Godaux E, Desmedt JE.
    Journal: Arch Neurol; 1975 Apr; 32(4):229-34. PubMed ID: 1124987.
    Abstract:
    We developed a method for direct electrical stimulation of the masseter nerve in man. Both direct M-reponses and genuine H-reflexes were recorded from the ipsilateral masseter muscle. Muscle vibration that inhibits the Achilles tendon reflex and the soleus H-reflex was found to potentiate the masseter tendon reflex and also the masseter H-reflex. This unexpected contrast may be related to peculiar brain stem circuitry of the masseter reflex mechanism.
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