Abbreviations

From the following article

Neural circuits and mediators regulating swallowing in the brainstem

Detlef Bieger and Winfried Neuhuber

GI Motility online (2006)

doi:10.1038/gimo74

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AMPA

alpha -amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid

CGRP

calcionin gene-related peptide

DMPG

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DMV

dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve

DSG

dorsal swallowing group

EAA

excitatory Amino Acids

EMG

electromyography

EPSP

excitatory postsynaptic potential

GABA

gamma -aminobutyric acid

GAD

glutamic acid decarboxylase

GVEC

general visceral efferent column

IGLE

intraganglionic laminar endings

IPSP

inhibitory postsynaptic potential

mAChR

muscarinic

NMDA

N-methyl-D-aspartate

NOS

nitric oxide synthase

nNOS

neuronal nitric oxide synthase

NTS

nucleus tractus solitarius

NTS_im

intermediate NTS

NTS_is

interstitial NTS

NTS_v

ventral NTS

RF_iz

intermediate parvicellular reticular zone

RF_pc

parvicellular reticular formation

SPG

swallowing pattern generator

UAT

upper alimentary tract

VSG

ventral swallowing group

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