1. Modulation des perceptions gustatives par les afférences trigéminales : étude électrogustométrique pilote chez l'homme.
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Lecor, Papa Abdou, Sall, Oumar Harouna, Dieng-Sarr, Farimata Youga, Ndiaye, Lamine, Touré, Babacar, and Boucher, Yves
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Introduction: The peripheral taste sensitivity is transmitted to the brain stem by the facial nerve, via the chorda tympani, and by the glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves. The trigeminal nerve is also involved in the sensory analysis of food. The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis of a modulation of taste perception by sensory afferents from the inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) in humans, by measuring electrogustometricdetection thresholds (EGM) before and after anesthesia of trigeminal afferents. Material and methods: A group A (n = 60) submitted to regional anesthesia of the inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) and a control group (n = 60) submitted to anesthesia of the maxillary nerve were compared before (stage 0) and after (stage 1) anesthesia. EGMrecordings were performed by an examiner single blinded to the anesthesia procedure, at 9 symmetrical lingual tongue loci: tip lateral (Tr, Tl) and central (T), median dorsal (Dr, Dl), posterior lateral edges (Er, El) and posterior dorsal (Pr, Pl). The correlation between the type of anesthesia and the EGM thresholds was calculated using the Spearman rho test and the intra- and intergroup comparisons, using Mann-Whitney tests and Wilcoxon, with a level of significance set at 0.05. Results: The average values of thresholds EGM group A were significantly increased after anesthesia of the NAI at all lingual loci (p <0.005). The highest thresholds (in μ0: Dr = 30.7 ± 9.4; Dl = 31 ± 9.5 vs Stage 1: 68.5 ± Dr = 44.6; dl = 63.3 ± 35.3) and at the posterior part of the tongue (stage 0: Pr = 20.9 ± 5.4; Pl = 21 ± 5.1 vs Stage 1: Pr = 37.3 ± 25, 4; Pl = 35.9 ± 16.6). No significant difference was observed in the control group for any of the nine loci before and after anesthesia. There was a significant correlation between EGM and regional anesthesia thresholds of the NAI at the 9 EGM recording tongue loci (p < 0.001). Conclusion: These results demonstrate that regional anesthesia of dental afferents of the NAI causes an increase of the electrogustometricdetection thresholds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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