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activities. Speech is one such activity involving the masticatory muscles. While its
consideration is beyond the scope of this chapter, cortical mechanisms are clearly
crucial to the fi ne control and coordination of the various muscles, including masticatory
muscles, participating in voice production and articulation of speech sounds,
both when a child is learning to speak and once speech has been learned. In addition,
since alteration in somatosensory inputs to the CNS has been associated with
neuroplasticity within other cortical and subcortical regions (e.g., brainstem)
involved in the control of masticatory muscles (Kis et al. 2004 ; Sessle 2006 ) , it is
possible that some of the neuroplastic changes observed within face MI and face SI
are secondary to changes manifested within the other cortical or subcortical
regions.
Acknowledgements Studies of the authors were supported by: grant DE04786 of the US National
Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research; CIHR grant MT-4918, the Australian Dental
Research Foundation, Inc.; and NHMRC of Australia , grant #512309. BJS is the recipient of a
Canada Research Chair.
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