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01-09-2010 | Review Article

Supranuclear Control of Swallowing

Authors: Norman A. Leopold, Stephanie K. Daniels

Published in: Dysphagia | Issue 3/2010

Abstract

Swallowing is an act requiring complex sensorimotor integration. Using a variety of methods first used to study limb physiology, initial efforts to study swallowing have yielded information that multiple cortical and subcortical regions are active participants. Not surprisingly, the regions activated appear to overlap those involved in both oral and nonoral motor behaviors. This review offers a perspective that considers the supranuclear control of swallowing in light of these physiological similarities.

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Title: Supranuclear Control of Swallowing
Authors: Norman A. Leopold
Stephanie K. Daniels
Publication date: 01-09-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Dysphagia / Issue 3/2010
Print ISSN: 0179-051X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0460
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-009-9249-5

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