Pharmacological activation of transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 promotes triggering of the swallowing reflex in rats
The swallowing reflex is an essential physiological reflex that allows food or liquid to pass into the esophagus from the oral cavity. Delayed triggering of this reflex is a significant health problem in patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia for which no pharmacological treatments exist. Transient r...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-02-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncel.2023.1149793/full |