Prolonged hypotensive and bradycardic effects of passive mandibular extension: evidence in normal volunteers.

Brunelli M, Coppi E, Tonlorenzi D, Del Seppia C, Lapi D, Colantuoni A, Scuri R, Ghione S.

Various procedures involving stimulations of facial regions are known to induce so-

called trigemino-cardiac reflexes that entail a decrease of heart rate and blood pressure.

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