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Role of Physical Bolus Properties as Sensory Inputs in the Trigger of Swallowing

BACKGROUND: Swallowing is triggered when a food bolus being prepared by mastication has reached a defined state. However, although this view is consensual and well supported, the physical properties of the swallowable bolus have been under-researched. We tested the hypothesis that measuring bolus ph...

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Autores principales: Peyron, Marie-Agnès, Gierczynski, Isabelle, Hartmann, Christoph, Loret, Chrystel, Dardevet, Dominique, Martin, Nathalie, Woda, Alain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3124480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21738616
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021167