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The Influence of Stimulus Taste and Chemesthesis on Tongue-movement Timing in Swallowing.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  22199186     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: To explore the influence of taste and trigeminal irritation (chemesthesis) on durational aspects of tongue-movement in liquid swallowing, controlling for the influence of perceived taste intensity. METHOD: Electromagnetic midsagittal articulography was used to trace tongue movements during discrete liquid swallowing with five liquids: water, three moderate concentration tastants without odor (sweet, sour, sweet-sour) and a high concentration of citric acid (sour taste plus chemesthesis). Participants were 33 healthy adults in two gender-balanced, age-stratified groups (under/over 50). Perceived taste intensity was measured using the Generalized Labeled Magnitude Scale. Tongue movement sequencing and durations of the composite tongue-movement envelope and component events (rise-phase, location of first movement peak, release-phase) were calculated. RESULTS: No obligate sequence of tongue segment movement was observed. Overall durations and the timing of the first movement peak were significantly longer with water than with the moderate concentration of sweet-sour liquid. Perceived taste intensity did not modulate stimulus effects in a significant way. The expected pattern of shorter movement durations with the high concentration of citric acid was not seen. CONCLUSIONS: A chemesthetic-taste stimulus of high citric acid did not influence the durations of tongue movements compared to those seen during the swallowing of moderate concentration tastants and water.
Authors:
Catriona M Steele; Pascal H H M van Lieshout; Cathy A Pelletier
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-12-22
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1558-9102     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-12-26     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9705610     Medline TA:  J Speech Lang Hear Res     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Canada.
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