ReviewDysphagia2023
The Role of the Cerebellum in Swallowing.
Review in Dysphagia, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.
- The solitary nucleus connectivity to key autonomic regions in humans.The European journal of neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- The therapeutic effect of capsaicin on oropharyngeal dysphagia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
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- Feasibility of Cerebellar Stimulation for the Treatment of Post-Stroke Dysphagia.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2025Trial
- Risk factor assessment and phased management for post-stroke dysphagia in hospitalized patients: a retrospective evidence-based study.BMC neurology · 2026Observational
- Case Report: Improvement in Swallowing Function Following DLPFC-Targeted Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in a Post-Stroke Patient with Cognitive Impairment.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Machine learning-based analysis of the relationship between brain lesion sites and swallowing and cognitive functions in stroke patients.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Time-resolved directional organization of brain networks: distinct strength and temporal signatures from neurophysiology to disease.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Channel Capacity for Time-Resolved Effective Connectivity in Functional Neuroimaging.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Behavioural Swallowing Interventions for Persons with Ataxic Etiologies: A Systematic Review.Dysphagia · 2026Article
- Time-Varying Directed Interactions in Functional Brain Networks: Modeling and Validation.ArXiv · 2026Article
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- The impact of traumatic injury on the respiratory system; a narrative review of injury-associated and clinically-induced mechanisms of trauma-associated pneumonia.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Feeding and swallowing function and dysphagia risk in children with posterior fossa tumors: a preliminary Italian cohort study.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Swallowing and choking difficulties as potential markers of FXTAS progression in FMR1 premutation carriers.Scientific reports · 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
- Morphological analysis and functional connectivity of the insular in patients with dysphagia after cerebral infarction based on resting-state fMRI.BMC neurology · 2025Article
- Review
- Purkinje cells of the cerebellum control deceleration of tongue movements.PLoS biology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Swallowing is a complex activity requiring a sophisticated system of neurological control from neurones within the brainstem, cerebral cortices and cerebellum. The cerebellum is a critical part of the brain responsible for the modulation of movements. It receives input from motor cortical and sensory areas and fine tunes these inputs to produce coordinated motor outputs. With respect to swallowing, numerous functional imaging studies have demonstrated increased activity in the cerebellum during the task of swallowing and damage to the cerebellum following differing pathological processes is associated with dysphagia. Single pulses of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) have been applied to the cerebellum and have been shown to evoke motor responses in the pharynx. Moreover, repetitive TMS (rTMS) over the cerebellum can modulate cerebral motor (pharyngeal) cortical activity. Neurostimulation has allowed a better understanding of the connections that exist between the cerebellum and cerebral swallowing motor areas in health and provides a potential treatment for neurogenic dysphagia in illness. In this review we will examine what is currently known about the role of the cerebellum in the control of swallowing, explore new findings from neurostimulatory and imaging studies and provide an overview of the future clinical applications of cerebellar stimulation for treating dysphagia.
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