1. Swallowing Preparation and Execution: Insights from a Delayed-Response Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Study.
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Toogood JA, Smith RC, Stevens TK, Gati JS, Menon RS, Theurer J, Weisz S, Affoo RH, and Martin RE
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- Adult, Brain Mapping, Caudate Nucleus diagnostic imaging, Caudate Nucleus physiology, Cerebral Cortex diagnostic imaging, Female, Gyrus Cinguli diagnostic imaging, Gyrus Cinguli physiology, Healthy Volunteers, Humans, Male, Motor Cortex diagnostic imaging, Motor Cortex physiology, Putamen diagnostic imaging, Putamen physiology, Saliva, Thalamus diagnostic imaging, Thalamus physiology, Cerebral Cortex physiology, Deglutition physiology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Motor Activity physiology, Task Performance and Analysis
- Abstract
The present study sought to elucidate the functional contributions of sub-regions of the swallowing neural network in swallowing preparation and swallowing motor execution. Seven healthy volunteers participated in a delayed-response, go, no-go functional magnetic resonance imaging study involving four semi-randomly ordered activation tasks: (i) "prepare to swallow," (ii) "voluntary saliva swallow," (iii) "do not prepare to swallow," and (iv) "do not swallow." Results indicated that brain activation was significantly greater during swallowing preparation, than during swallowing execution, within the rostral and intermediate anterior cingulate cortex bilaterally, premotor cortex (left > right hemisphere), pericentral cortex (left > right hemisphere), and within several subcortical nuclei including the bilateral thalamus, caudate, and putamen. In contrast, activation within the bilateral insula and the left dorsolateral pericentral cortex was significantly greater in relation to swallowing execution, compared with swallowing preparation. Still other regions, including a more inferior ventrolateral pericentral area, and adjoining Brodmann area 43 bilaterally, and the supplementary motor area, were activated in relation to both swallowing preparation and execution. These findings support the view that the preparation, and subsequent execution, of swallowing are mediated by a cascading pattern of activity within the sub-regions of the bilateral swallowing neural network.
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- 2017
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