Dysphagia Research Society 2008

By Peter Soros

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The following oral presentation, given at the Dysphagia Research Society 2008 in Charleston, SC, USA, presents a study on somatosensory processing of brief air-pulse stimuli. A more detailed description of this study can be found here.

Sörös P, Lalone E, Smith R, Stevens T, Theurer J, Menon R, Martin R. Functional MRI of oropharyngeal air-pulse stimulation. Download

A second talk presented the results of a quantitative, voxel-wise meta-analysis of swallowing-related brain activity in humans, based on fMRI, PET, and MEG studies.

Sörös P, Inamoto Y, Martin R. Functional brain imaging of swallowing: An activation likelihood meta-analysis. Download

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Meta-analysis of swallowing

Sörös P, Inamoto Y, Martin RE. Functional brain imaging of swallowing: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis. Hum Brain Mapp. 2008 Dec 23.

Somatosensory processing

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Sörös P, Lalone E, Smith R, Stevens T, Theurer J, Menon R, Martin R. Functional MRI of oropharyngeal air-pulse stimulation. Neuroscience 2008, 153: 1300-1308.
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This fMRI study identified the neural circuitry associated with somatosensory processing of short air pulses delivered to the oral cavity.