Table 5.

Inferior alveolar nerve resection: primers used in gene expression analysis.

Anatomical Area	Gene	Group (s)	Primers	Reference
Brainstem	c-Fos	Malocclusion	Forward: 5′-GATGTTCTCGGGTTTCAACG-3’	Mazurek et al.102
		Trigeminal neurectomy	Reverse: 5′-CGCAAAAGTCCTGTGTGTTG-3’
	BDNF	Malocclusion	Forward: 5′-GCCCAACGAAGAAAACCATAAG-3’	Shen et al.103
		Trigeminal neurectomy	Reverse: 5′-GTTTGCGGCATCCAGGTAATT-3’
	DBH	Malocclusion	Forward: 5′-AGCCCCTTCCCTTACCACA-3’	Pfeil et al.104
		Trigeminal neurectomy	Reverse: 5′-TGCGTTCTCCATCTCACCTC-3’
	TH	Trigeminal neurectomy	Forward: 5′-TGTGTCCGAGAGCTTCAATG-3’	Roessner et al.105
			Reverse: 5′-GTCAATGGCCAGTGTGTACG-3’
Hippocampus	c-Fos	Malocclusion	Forward: 5′-GATGTTCTCGGGTTTCAACG-3’	Mazurek et al.102
		Trigeminal neurectomy	Reverse: 5′-CGCAAAAGTCCTGTGTGTTG-3’
	BDNF	Malocclusion	Forward: 5′-GCCCAACGAAGAAAACCATAAG-3’	Shen et al.103
		Trigeminal neurectomy	Reverse: 5′-GTTTGCGGCATCCAGGTAATT-3’
Frontal cortex	c-Fos	Malocclusion	Forward: 5′-GATGTTCTCGGGTTTCAACG-3’	Mazurek et al.102
		Trigeminal neurectomy	Reverse: 5′-CGCAAAAGTCCTGTGTGTTG-3’
	BDNF	Malocclusion	Forward: 5′-GCCCAACGAAGAAAACCATAAG-3’	Shen et al.103
		Trigeminal neurectomy	Reverse: 5′-GTTTGCGGCATCCAGGTAATT-3’

Target genes: c-Fos, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH), tyrosine hydroxylase (TH).