Functional brain imaging of swallowing: an activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis
P Sörös, Y Inamoto, R Martin · Klinische Neurophysiologie · 2009 · Heft 03
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Background: The neuroanatomy and functional significance of swallowing-related networks in humans are not entirely clear. Activation likelihood estimation (ALE), a novel quantitative meta-analysis technique, was employed to pool the results of functional brain imaging studies for the investigation of the neural control of swallowing (Sörös et al. 2008). Methods: Studies that were included in the meta-analysis 1) examined water swallowing, saliva swallowing, or both, and 2) reported brain activation as coordinates in standard space. Using these criteria, a systematic literature search identified 7 studies that ex…