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SUBMITTER: Braun T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8144216 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Braun Tobias T Hamzic Samra S Doerr Johanna M JM Peters Laura L Viard Maxime M Reuter Iris I Prosiegel Mario M Weber Susanne S Yenigün Mesut M Tschernatsch Marlene M Gerriets Tibo T Juenemann Martin M
Scientific reports 20210524 1
Dysphagia is common in neurological disease. However, our understanding of swallowing and its central nervous control is limited. Sensory information plays a vital role in the initiation of the swallowing reflex and is often reduced in stroke patients. We hypothesized that the sensitivity threshold of the anterior faucial pillar could be facilitated by either electrical stimulation (ES) or taste and smell information. The sensitivity threshold was measured by ES in the anterior faucial pillar re ...[more]