Abbreviations
From the following article
Coordination of respiration and swallowing
Bonnie Martin-Harris
GI Motility online (2006)
doi:10.1038/gimo10
CNS
central nervous system
CP
cricopharyngeal muscle
CPG
swallowing central pattern generator
CT
cricothyroid muscle
DRG
dorsal respiratory group
EMG
electromyography
fMRI
functional magnetic resonance imaging
NA
nucleus ambiguus
NRA
nucleus retroambigualis
NTS
nucleus tractus solitarius
PCA
posterior cricoarytenoid muscle
PET
positron emission tomography
sEMG
submental EMG
SLN
superior laryngeal nerve branch of the vagus nerve
TMS
transcranial magnetic stimulation
VP
velopharyngeal port
VRG
ventral respiratory group
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