ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2020
Comparison of Activation Patterns in Mirror Neurons and the Swallowing Network During Action Observation and Execution: A Task-Based fMRI Study.
Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07184892 (Effects of Different Modes of Action Observation Therapy on Swallowing Function After Stroke), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effects of Different Modes of Action Observation Therapy on Swallowing Function After Stroke: a Study Based on fNIRS
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on swallowing improvement and cortical activity in hemispheric stroke patients: a randomized, controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
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- Brain network of athletes in motor imagery and action anticipation: an ALE meta-analysis and MACM analysis.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Review
- Effects of rTMS on swallowing function and neuroimaging features in post-stroke dysphagia.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- Cortical compensation mechanism for swallowing recovery in patients with medullary infarction-induced dysphagia.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
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- The Effect of Swallowing Action Observation Therapy on Resting fMRI in Stroke Patients with Dysphagia.Neural plasticity · 2023Article
- Activation Patterns of Functional Brain Network in Response to Action Observation-Induced and Non-Induced Motor Imagery of Swallowing: A Pilot Study.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Modulating swallowing-related functional connectivity and behaviorFrontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Comparison of Sensory Observation and Somatosensory Stimulation in Mirror Neurons and the Sensorimotor Network: A Task-Based fMRI Study.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundObservation of a goal-directed motor action can excite the respective mirror neurons, and this is the theoretical basis for action observation (AO) as a novel tool for functional recovery during stroke rehabilitation. To explore the therapeutic potential of AO for dysphagia, we conducted a task-based functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study to identify the brain areas activated during observation and execution of swallowing in healthy participants.
methodsTwenty-nine healthy volunteers viewed the following stimuli during fMRI scanning: an action-video of swallowing (condition 1, defined as AO), a neutral image with a Chinese word for "watching" (condition 2), and a neutral image with a Chinese word for "swallowing" (condition 3). Action execution (AE) was defined as condition 3 minus condition 2. One-sample
resultsMany brain regions were activated during AO, including the middle temporal gyrus, inferior frontal gyrus, pre- and postcentral gyrus, supplementary motor area, hippocampus, brainstem, and pons. AE resulted in activation of motor areas as well as other brain areas, including the inferior parietal lobule, vermis, middle frontal gyrus, and middle temporal gyrus. Two brain areas, BA6 and BA21, were activated with both AO and AE.
conclusionThe left supplementary motor area (BA6) and left middle temporal gyrus (BA21), which contains mirror neurons, were activated in both AO and AE of swallowing. In this study, AO activated mirror neurons and the swallowing network in healthy participants, supporting its potential value in the treatment of dysphagia.
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