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SUBMITTER: Pitts T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6053168 | biostudies-other | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Pitts Teresa T Poliacek Ivan I Rose Melanie J MJ Reed Mitchell D MD Condrey Jillian A JA Tsai Hsiu-Wen HW Zhou Guannan G Davenport Paul W PW Bolser Donald C DC
PloS one 20180719 7
Active contraction of the diaphragm and other inspiratory pump muscles during swallow create a negative thoracic pressure to improve the movement of the bolus (food/liquid) into the esophagus. We tested the hypothesis that dorsomedial medullary inspiratory neurons, including the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS, pre-motor to the phrenic) would be active during swallow induced by oral water infusion. We recorded neurons in the NTS and medial reticular formation in anesthetized spontaneously breath ...[more]