Oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) is a highly prevalent and growing condition in the older
population. Although OD may cause very severe complications, it is often not detected …

Advances in neuroimaging, complementing histopathological insights, have established a
multi-system involvement of cerebral networks beyond the traditional neuromuscular …

The catastrophic system failure in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is characterized by
progressive neurodegeneration within the corticospinal tracts, brainstem nuclei and spinal …

Nowadays, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is considered as a multisystem disorder,
characterized by a primary degeneration of motor neurons as well as neuropathological …

The term amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) comprises a heterogeneous group of fatal
neurodegenerative disorders of largely unknown etiology characterized by the upper motor …

Dysphagia in motor neuron diseases (MNDs) is highly complex, affecting all stages of
swallowing and leading to impaired swallowing safety and efficiency. In order to explore the …

Background The results of recent diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies on amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (ALS) are inconclusive and controversial. We performed a voxel-based …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rare disease causing degeneration of the upper and
lower motor neuron. Involvement of the bulbar motor neurons often results in fast …

In the present study we investigated hemodynamic changes in the brain in response to
motor execution (ME) and motor imagery (MI) of swallowing using near-infrared …

Dysphagia evaluation and management has rapidly become the primary practice area of
medical speech pathologists since its adoption in our field less than three decades ago. As a …