Effects of Mandibular Retrusive Deviation on Prefrontal Cortex Activation: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study

Figure 3

(a) Change in Oxy-Hb in the prefrontal cortex during the clenching task performed with the control splint and the retrusive splint. (b) Mean VAS score for discomfort. Error bars indicate SE. (c) The relation between the change in oxy-Hb in the prefrontal cortex and the VAS score for discomfort in the clenching task performed with the control splint and the retrusive splint.

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