"Mastication" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The act and process of chewing and grinding food in the mouth.
| Descriptor ID |
D008409
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.203.650.283.500 G10.261.330.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mastication" by people in Profiles.
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Aging and Sex Effects on Mastication Performance in Healthy, Nondysphagic, Community-Dwelling Adults. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2020 05 08; 29(2):705-713.
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Comparison between Human and Bite-Based Methods of Estimating Caloric Intake. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2016 10; 116(10):1568-1577.
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Examining the utility of a bite-count-based measure of eating activity in free-living human beings. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2014 Mar; 114(3):464-469.
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Chronic haloperidol-induced alterations in pallidal GABA and striatal D(1)-mediated dopamine turnover as measured by dual probe microdialysis in rats. Neuroscience. 2000; 100(3):507-14.
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Developing a measure of patient perceptions of short-term outcomes of third molar surgery. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1996 Dec; 54(12):1402-8.
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Effects of dopamine D1 and D2 receptor antagonists on oral activity in rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1989 Sep; 34(1):43-8.