Superior laryngeal nerve stimulation in the cat: Effect on oropharyngeal swallowing, oesophageal motility and lower oesophageal sphincter activity

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-127

  Beyak, M J ^a   Collman, P I ^a   Valdez, D T ^a   Xue, S ^a   Diamant, N E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deglutitive inhibition; Oesophageal peristalsis; Sensory afferent input

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; URETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PERISTALSIS; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; SWALLOWING; VELOCITY;

EID: 0030962235     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2982.1997.d01-22.x     Document Type: Article

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