ReviewDysphagia2024
The Cortical and Subcortical Neural Control of Swallowing: A Narrative Review.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of Head and Neck Posture on Swallowing Kinematics and Muscle Activation: A Systematic Review.Dysphagia · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of modified air-pulse stimulation on tracheotomised patients with dysphagia after stroke: A randomized clinical trial.Medicine · 2026Trial
- The effect and mechanism of motor imagery based on action observation treatment on dysphagia in Wallenberg Syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2024Trial
- Modeling synaptic interactions between mammalian breathing and swallowing central pattern generators.Biological cybernetics · 2026Article
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- 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
- Construction of a Risk Prediction Model of Swallowing Dysfunction During Recovery from Acute Ischemic Stroke.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Cortical Activation and Functional Connectivity Changes during Swallowing in Patients with Dysphagia in Lateral Medullary Syndrome.Dysphagia · 2026Article
- Symptom clustering of old adult dysphagic patient phenotypes by unsupervised machine learning using multidimensional characteristics: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Interpretable machine learning for accessible dysphagia screening and staging in older adults.iScience · 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
- White Matter Microstructural Correlates of Swallowing Biomechanics: An Exploratory Pilot Study in Healthy Young Adults.Dysphagia · 2025Article
- Cranial Nerve Deficits Predict Pharyngeal Phase Swallowing Impairment in Patients with Neurogenic Dysphagia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Dysphagia · 2025Article
- Sarcopenia, dysphagia, and frailty in community-dwelling older adults: An analysis of mediation and moderated mediation models.Dysphagia · 2025Article
- Impact of bilateral and unilateral cerebral lesions on swallowing recovery at 6 months in poststroke dysphagia.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Sensory Afferent Neural Circuits Mediate Electroacupuncture to Improve Swallowing Function in a Post-Stroke Dysphagia Mouse Model.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2025Article
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- Exploring the Neuropsychological Correlates of Swallowing Disorders in People with Parkinson's Disease: a Cross-Sectional Study.Dysphagia · 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
- Feasibility of vagus nerve modulation (VNMM/taVNS) in cognitive-swallowing dual-task paradigms: a fNIRS pilot study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
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Abstract
Swallowing is a sophisticated process involving the precise and timely coordination of the central and peripheral nervous systems, along with the musculatures of the oral cavity, pharynx, and airway. The role of the infratentorial neural structure, including the swallowing central pattern generator and cranial nerve nuclei, has been described in greater detail compared with both the cortical and subcortical neural structures. Nonetheless, accumulated data from analysis of swallowing performance in patients with different neurological diseases and conditions, along with results from neurophysiological studies of normal swallowing have gradually enhanced understanding of the role of cortical and subcortical neural structures in swallowing, potentially leading to the development of treatment modalities for patients suffering from dysphagia. This review article summarizes findings about the role of both cortical and subcortical neural structures in swallowing based on results from neurophysiological studies and studies of various neurological diseases. In sum, cortical regions are mainly in charge of initiation and coordination of swallowing after receiving afferent information, while subcortical structures including basal ganglia and thalamus are responsible for movement control and regulation during swallowing through the cortico-basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical loop. This article also presents how cortical and subcortical neural structures interact with each other to generate the swallowing response. In addition, we provided the updated evidence about the clinical applications and efficacy of neuromodulation techniques, including both non-invasive brain stimulation and deep brain stimulation on dysphagia.
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