Individual-dependent effects of pharyngeal electrical stimulation on swallowing in healthy humans

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 218-223

  Tsukano, Hideki ^a   Taniguchi, Hiroshige ^a   Hori, Kazuhiro ^a   Tsujimura, Takanori ^a   Nakamura, Yuki ^a   Inoue, Makoto ^a  

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

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Human; Pharynx; Repetitive saliva swallowing test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOPHARYNX; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SWALLOWING; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; DEGLUTITION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNX; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; REFLEX;

EID: 84857394992     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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