Differential changes in human pharyngoesophageal motor excitability induced by swallowing, pharyngeal stimulation, and anesthesia

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 1 48-1, 2003, Pages

  Fraser, Christopher ^a   Rothwell, John ^b   Power, Maxine ^a   Hobson, Anthony ^a   Thompson, David ^a   Hamdy, Shaheen ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deelutition; Motor cortex; Plasticity; Sensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ESOPHAGUS; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWALLOWING; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0037663740     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00399.2002     Document Type: Article

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