American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiologyAnimalsDeglutitionPeristalsisPharynxEsophagus
The pharyngeal phase of swallowing controls deglutitive inhibition.
Ivan M Lang, Bidyut K Medda, Francis Edeani, Reza Shaker
Published: 202510.1152/ajpregu.00136.2025
Abstract
The goal of this study was to determine which phase of swallowing causes deglutitive inhibition (DI). DI is inhibition of ongoing peristalsis by a new swallow. Pharynx and esophagus of decerebrate cats (n = 25) were instrumented to record esophageal…
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