Animal models have long been instrumental in advancing our understanding of the intricate mechanisms underpinning swallowing physiology. In particular, studies investigating recurrent laryngeal nerve ...

Dr. James F. Bosma, who conducted pioneering research into the anatomy and physiology of swallowing, died Friday of heart failure at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He was 85. Dr. Bosma, a ...

Through our research work and years of clinical experience, we have come to realize that optimal rehabilitation for dysphagia must target physiological and neurophysiological elements that drive ...

image: Brad Sutton, a professor of bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the technical director of the Biomedical Imaging Center at the Beckman Institute for Advanced ...

Difficulty swallowing is a common problem in older adults. Nerve or muscle problems are often the cause, but the condition can also stem from various health conditions. It can significantly affect a ...

Imagine sitting down for a meal and being unable to eat without choking on your food. Or living with the risk of inhaling your drink, which could end up making you seriously ill — or worse. Dysphagia ...

Research reveals new information on the pathogenesis of feeding and swallowing difficulties often found in children with neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism and intellectual disability.

Eating and consuming food is a very natural process. Swallowing usually does not need and effort and hence most of us do not even think about it. However the process is quite complex like most of ...

Dysphagia is the term used to describe difficulty swallowing. The term can be broken down into two parts, where “dys” meaning difficulty and “phag” meaning eating. For some people affected by the ...

For many, swallowing seems almost as natural as breathing. But every time we complete this vital human function, our brains light up with constellations of neural activity. Researchers at the Beckman ...