Swallowing movements are produced by a central pattern generator located in the medulla
oblongata. It has been established on the basis of microelectrode recordings that the …

This review of the central nervous control systems for voice and swallowing has suggested
that the traditional concepts of a separation between cortical and limbic and brain stem …

The coordination of swallowing with breathing, in particular inspiration, is essential for
homeostasis in most organisms. While much has been learned about the neuronal network …

The primary hypothesis of this study was that the cough motor pattern is produced, at least in
part, by the medullary respiratory neuronal network in response to inputs from “cough” and …

Breathing results from sequential recruitment of muscles in the expiratory, inspiratory, and
postinspiratory (post-I) phases of the respiratory cycle. Here we investigate whether neurons …

Deficits of airway protection can have deleterious effects to health and quality of life.
Effective airway protection requires a continuum of behaviors including swallowing and …

Despite centuries of investigation, questions and controversies remain regarding the
fundamental genesis and motor pattern of swallow. Two significant topics include inspiratory …

Neural control of tongue muscles plays a crucial role in a broad range of oropharyngeal
behaviors. Tongue movements must be rapidly and accurately adjusted in response to the …

The hindbrain and spinal cord can produce multiple forms of locomotion, escape, and
withdrawal behaviors and (in limbed vertebrates) site-specific scratching. Until recently, the …

1 This study tested predictions from a network model of ventrolateral medullary respiratory
neurone interactions for the generation of the cough motor pattern observed in inspiratory …