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The technical aspects of performing LIPS (Luciferase Immunoprecipitation Systems) are described. The overall approach involves expressing chimeric genes encoding antigens fused to Renilla luciferase (Ruc) in mammalian cells. Crude Ruc-antigen extracts are then prepared and, without purification, employed in immunoprecipitation assays to quantify antibodies.
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Stimulating the Lip Motor Cortex with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has proven to be a useful tool in investigating the role of the articulatory motor cortex in speech perception. This article describes how to record motor evoked potentials (MEPs) from the lip muscles and how to disrupt the motor lip representation using repetitive TMS.
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Synthesis and Microdiffraction at Extreme Pressures and Temperatures
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The laser heated diamond anvil cell combined with synchrotron micro-diffraction techniques allows researchers to explore the nature and properties of new phases of matter at extreme pressure and temperature (PT) conditions. Heterogeneous samples can be characterized in situ under high pressure by 2D mapping and combined powder, single-crystal and multigrain diffraction approaches.
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In vitro Electroporation of the Lower Rhombic Lip of Midgestation Mouse Embryos
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This study describes the development of an in vitro electroporation technique that allows for the manipulation of gene expression in the lower rhombic lip of midgestation embryos.
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Vapor Pressure
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2020
When a liquid vaporizes in a closed container, gas molecules cannot escape. As these gas phase molecules move randomly about, they will occasionally collide with the surface of the condensed phase, and in some cases, these collisions will result in the molecules re-entering the condensed phase. The change from the gas phase to the liquid is called condensation. When the rate of condensation becomes equal to the rate of vaporization, neither the amount of the liquid nor the amount of the vapor...
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Coordinated contraction of the orbicularis oris and surrounding facial muscles sets the force and timing of lip contact. This activity is not fixed: sensory feedback continually adjusts the contraction as a person sucks, swallows, speaks, or holds a device. Examining these coordinated changes helps distinguish whether performance reflects altered force production, timing, or symmetry.
Sensory feedback allows ongoing adjustment of lip force while a task is performed, helping coordinate contact with an object or another surface. These adjustments can influence the strength, timing, and symmetry of the response. Evaluating lip pressure across different activities therefore provides information about dynamic orofacial motor control, rather than describing force production in isolation.
Lip pressure reflects more than the amount of force generated. During closure, compression, sucking, swallowing, speaking, or device holding, coordinated timing and symmetry contribute to effective performance. A clinical assessment that considers these features can characterize orofacial motor impairment more completely and may help identify changes associated with injury, treatment, or rehabilitation.
Standardized measurement provides a consistent way to examine force during comparable lip tasks. This consistency supports comparisons across developmental stages and clinical conditions, while repeated measurements can help monitor recovery after injury or treatment. Using the same measurement approach also makes changes in force, timing, or symmetry easier to interpret in medical research and practice.
Assessment can examine lip behavior during closure, compression, or contact with an object, depending on the clinical question. Relevant functional activities include sucking, swallowing, speaking, and holding a device. Measuring performance across these contexts can reveal how orofacial motor control changes with task demands and can support evaluation of feeding or swallowing difficulties.
Clinicians and researchers can use lip pressure findings to characterize neuromuscular impairment, evaluate feeding and swallowing difficulties, and monitor recovery after injury or treatment. The measurements may also guide rehabilitation by identifying functional changes to track over time. In prosthetic design, pressure information can help relate device requirements to the forces used during lip contact and holding tasks.