ArticleAmerican journal of speech-language pathology2020
Cortical and Subcortical Control of Swallowing-Can We Use Information From Lesion Locations to Improve Diagnosis and Treatment for Patients With Stroke?
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- Effects of Non-Pharmacological Interventions on the Swallowing Function of Patients With Post-Stroke Dysphagia: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Journal of oral rehabilitation · 2025Pooled it
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- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Improving Dysphagia After Stroke: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on swallowing improvement and cortical activity in hemispheric stroke patients: a randomized, controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Effect of Cold Fluid Compensatory Swallowing Combined with Balloon Dilation on the Treatment of Poststroke Cricopharyngeal Achalasia: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.BioMed research international · 2022Trial
- SimulScan and Partial Least Squares: Visualizing Swallowing Through Functional and Dynamic Imaging Correlations.Magnetic resonance in medicine · 2026Article
- Upward Effortful Pitch Glide as a Predictor of Pharyngeal Constriction in Individuals With Upper Versus Lower Motor Neuron Lesions.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2026Article
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- Lesion-Specific Clinical Implications of Oral Hesitation After Stroke: A Comparative Study of Frontal Versus Parietal Lobe Lesions.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Predictive Factors Associated With Dysphagia in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2026Article
- Task-dependent cortical responses to peripheral and central neuromodulation during water and saliva swallowing after stroke: an exploratory fNIRS pilot study.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Multimodal deep learning outperforms clinical and brain region models in predicting stroke-associated pneumonia: an explainable AI study.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Article
- Early Feasibility and Efficacy of a Novel Skill-Based Training Program for Poststroke Dysphagia.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2025Article
- White Matter Microstructural Correlates of Swallowing Biomechanics: An Exploratory Pilot Study in Healthy Young Adults.Dysphagia · 2025Article
- Brainstem Stroke and Dysphagia Treatment: A Narrative Review on the Role of Neuromodulation, Skill-Based Swallowing Training and Transient Receptor Potential Agonists.Audiology research · 2025Review
- SimulScan and Partial Least Squares: Visualizing swallowing through functional and dynamic imaging correlations.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Recovery of Swallowing Function and Prognostic Factors Associated with Exacerbation of Post-stroke Dysphagia.Dysphagia · 2025Article
- Impact of bilateral and unilateral cerebral lesions on swallowing recovery at 6 months in poststroke dysphagia.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Examination of the impact of curiosity and fatigue on brain condition.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Impact of rTMS and iTBS on Cerebral Hemodynamics and Swallowing in Unilateral Stroke: Insights from fNIRS.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025Article
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Abstract
Purpose Swallowing is a complex process, mediated by a broad bilateral neural network that spans from the brainstem to subcortical and cortical brain structures. Although the cortex's role in swallowing was historically neglected, we now understand, especially through clinical observations and research of patients with stroke, that it substantially contributes to swallowing control. Neuroimaging techniques (e.g., magnetic resonance imaging) have helped significantly to elucidate the role of cortical and subcortical brain areas, in general, and the importance of specific areas in swallowing control in healthy individuals and patients with stroke. We will review recent discoveries in cortical and subcortical neuroimaging research studies and their generalizability across patients to discuss their potential implications and translation to dysphagia diagnosis and treatment in clinical practice. Conclusions Stroke lesion locations have been identified that are commonly associated across patients with the occurrence and recovery of dysphagia, suggesting that clinical brain scans provide useful information for improving the diagnosis and treatment of patients with stroke. However, individual differences in brain structure and function limit the generalizability of these relationships and emphasize that the extent of the motor and sensory pathology in swallowing, and how the patient recovers, also depends on a patient's individual brain constitution. The involvement of the damaged brain tissue in swallowing control before the stroke and the health of the residual, undamaged brain tissue are crucial factors that can differ between individuals.
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