Role of the pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerve in laryngeal elevation and UES pressure during swallowing in rabbits

Dysphagia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 58-63

  Fukushima, Shin ichi ^a   Shingai, Tomio ^a   Kitagawa, Jun ichi ^a   Takahashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Taguchi, Yo ^a   Noda, Tadashi ^a   Yamada, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cricopharyngeus muscle; Deglutition; Deglutition disorders; Laryngeal elevation; Pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve; Swallowing; Thyrohyoid muscle; Upper esophageal sphincter

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; LARYNX; LARYNX ELEVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWALLOWING; THYROHYOID MUSCLE; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; LARYNGEAL NERVES; LARYNX; MALE; PHARYNX; PRESSURE; RABBITS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0037412278     PISSN: 0179051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00455-002-0082-3     Document Type: Article

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