Coordination of cough and swallow: A meta-behavioral response to aspiration

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• 作者：Teresa Pitts ; Melanie J. Rose ; Ashley N. Mortensen ; Ivan Poliacek ; Christine M. Sapienza ; Bruce G. Lindsey ; Kendall F. Morris ; Paul W. Davenport ; Donald C. Bolser
• 关键词：Dysphagia ; Dystussia ; Airway protection ; Pharyngeal clearance ; EMG ; Pharynx
• 刊名：Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology
• 出版年：1 December, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：189
• 期：3
• 页码：543-551
• 全文大小：1605 K

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Airway protections is the prevention and/or removal of material by behaviors such as cough and swallow. We hypothesized these behaviors are coordinated to respond to aspiration. Anesthetized animals were challenged with simulated aspiration that induced both coughing and swallowing. Electromyograms of upper airway and respiratory muscles together with esophageal pressure were recorded to identify and evaluate cough and swallow. During simulated aspiration, both cough and swallow intensity increased and swallow duration decreased consistent with rapid pharyngeal clearance. Phase restriction between cough and swallow was observed; swallow was restricted to the E2 phase of cough. These results support three main conclusions: 1) the cough and swallow pattern generators are tightly coordinated so as to generate a protective meta-behavior; 2) the trachea provides feedback on swallow quality, informing the brainstem about aspiration incidences; and 3) the larynx and upper esophageal sphincter act as two separate valves controlling the direction of positive and negative pressures from the upper airway into the thorax.