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ArticleScientific reports2025

Rat superficial masseter operates at long lengths during biting.

Nicolai Konow, Brandon Reder, Daniel Bartlett, Devin Jenness, Trushti Patel, Jeffrey R Moore, Robert J Brocklehurst

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Feeding biomechanics in vertebrates and beyond.Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Nicolai KonowDepartment Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA. Nicolai_Konow@uml.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3310-9080
Brandon RederDepartment Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-5625-7984
Daniel BartlettDepartment Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-1506-4496
Devin JennessDepartment Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-8196-1609
Trushti PatelDepartment Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-7553-1554
Jeffrey R MooreDepartment Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9332
Robert J BrocklehurstDepartment Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3017-6838

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The operating length ranges of mammalian jaw muscles have been estimated using twitch contractions or force measurements at the bite point, prompting a consensus that jaw muscles operate at short lengths on their force-length (FL) curve. However, since activation intensity truncates muscle optimal length (L

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Bite ForceMasseter MuscleMasticationAnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaMaleMuscle ContractionRatsForce-length operationLength-tension relationshipMusculoskeletal function.

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PMID41168355
PMCPMC12575779

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