Does masticatory performance alter stress relief effect of gum chewing?
Our results indicate that gum chewing may relieve stress responses; however, high masticatory performance is required to achieve this effect.
Our data suggest that reduced ionotropic glutamatergic expression occurs selectively in neurons, which give rise to the cortical projections of the medial dorsal thalamus in schizophrenia, rather than in thalamic cells that function locally. Our findings indicate that glutamatergic innervation is dysfunctional in the circuitry between the medial dorsal thalamus and cortex.