Researchers have delivered the influence of masticatory stimulus on brain function in order to establish the molecular basis of new treatments and preventive measures for memory/learning dysfunction.

Learn about the locations and functions of the largest, smallest, widest, longest, strongest, hardest working, and most unusual muscles in the human body.

The masseter is a muscle of mastication, or chewing, and it's located in the jaw area, where people can hold a lot of stress and tension.

One such example is the muscles around our ears, which in many animals help direct hearing toward sounds of interest. While ...

Hard chews: why mastication played crucial role in evolution A preeminent study has, for the first time, directly measured the energetic cost of chewing in humans and has suggested it may have played ...

Mowing and mastication work west of Bend will close three trail segments on weekdays for public and operator safety during operations, the Deschutes National Forest said Tuesday.