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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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Subnuclear divisions of rat nucleus tractus solitarii (boxed insert) and distribution of central terminals of afferents coursing in the superior laryngeal nerve (SLN).
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Proposed network circuit controlling the oral stage of swallowing.
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Proposed network circuit controlling the pharyngeal stage of swallowing.
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Proposed network circuit controlling the esophageal stage of swallowing.
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Map of deglutitive response loci in the rat NTS as determined by pressure pulse microejection of L-glutamate or excitatory amino acid agonists.
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