Animal models have long been instrumental in advancing our understanding of the intricate mechanisms underpinning swallowing physiology. In particular, studies investigating recurrent laryngeal nerve ...

Dr. James F. Bosma, who conducted pioneering research into the anatomy and physiology of swallowing, died Friday of heart failure at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He was 85. Dr. Bosma, a ...

Through our research work and years of clinical experience, we have come to realize that optimal rehabilitation for dysphagia must target physiological and neurophysiological elements that drive ...

We swallow about 600 times a day, mostly without thinking about it. But swallowing involves dozens of muscles and nerves in the mouth, throat and esophagus, and for people who struggle with the ...

An examination of the assessment, analysis and interpretation, planning and management of swallowing disabilities (dysphagia) in adults. The fourth number of the course code shows the level of the ...

image: Brad Sutton, a professor of bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the technical director of the Biomedical Imaging Center at the Beckman Institute for Advanced ...

Research reveals new information on the pathogenesis of feeding and swallowing difficulties often found in children with neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism and intellectual disability.

Eating and consuming food is a very natural process. Swallowing usually does not need and effort and hence most of us do not even think about it. However the process is quite complex like most of ...

A new DoD-funded trial tests SwallowFIT, a targeted therapy that strengthens swallowing muscles in early Parkinson’s patients ...