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Embryonic and postnatal development of masticatory and tongue muscles

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This review summarizes findings concerning the unique developmental characteristics of mouse head muscles (mainly the masticatory and tongue muscles) and compares their characteristics with those of other muscles. The developmental origin of the masticatory muscles is the somitomeres, whereas the tongue and other muscles, such as the trunk (deep muscles of the back, body wall muscles) and limb muscles, originate from the somites. The program controlling the early stages of masticatory myogenesis, such as the specification and migration of muscle progenitor cells, is distinctly different from those in trunk and limb myogenesis. Tongue myogenesis follows a similar regulatory program to that for limb myogenesis. Myogenesis and synaptogenesis in the masticatory muscles are delayed in comparison with other muscles and are not complete even at birth, whereas the development of tongue muscles proceeds faster than those of other muscles and ends at around birth. The regulatory programs for masticatory and tongue myogenesis seem to depend on the developmental origins of the muscles, i.e., the origin being either a somite or somitomere, whereas myogenesis and synaptogenesis seem to progress to serve the functional requirements of the masticatory and tongue muscles.

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This study was supported by grants-in-aid for funding scientific research (nos. 13671955 and 16591871), the Bio-ventures and High-Technology Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan, and the Science Research Promotion Fund from the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan.

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Yamane, A. Embryonic and postnatal development of masticatory and tongue muscles. Cell Tissue Res 322, 183–189 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00441-005-0019-x

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