The neurorehabilitation of post-stroke dysphagia: Physiology and pathophysiology.

ABSTRACT: Swallowing is a complex process involving the precise contractions of numerous muscles of the head and neck, which act to process and shepherd ingested material from the oral cavity to its eventual destination, the stomach. Over the past five decades, information from animal and human studies has laid bare the complex network of neurones in the brainstem, cortex and cerebellum that are responsible for orchestrating each normal swallow. Amidst this complexity, problems can and often do occur that result in dysphagia, defined as impaired or disordered swallowing. Dysphagia is common, arising from multiple varied disease processes that can affect any of the neuromuscular structures involved in swallowing. Post-stroke dysphagia (PSD) remains the most prevalent and most commonly studied form of

SUBMITTER: Sasegbon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11782911 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature