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Hepatic encephalopathy

By Peter Soros

Sörös P, Böttcher J, Weissenborn K, Selberg O, Müller MJ. Malnutrition and hypermetabolism are not risk factors for the presence of hepatic encephalopathy: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2008;23:606-610 PubMed Abstract

Aim: We tested the hypothesis that reduced nutritional status or the degree of tissue catabolism are associated with the presence of hepatic [...]

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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.