Short-Term Effects of Chewing on Task Performance and Task-Induced Mydriasis: Trigeminal Influence on the Arousal Systems

• Main Authors: Maria Paola Tramonti Fantozzi (Author), Vincenzo De Cicco (Author), Massimo Barresi (Author), Enrico Cataldo (Author), Ugo Faraguna (Author), Luca Bruschini (Author), Diego Manzoni (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Trigeminal input to the ascending activating system is important for the maintenance of arousal and may affect the discharge of the noradrenergic neurons of the locus coeruleus (LC), whose activity influences both vigilance state and pupil size, inducing mydriasis. For this reason, pupil size evalua...