1.Department of Neurology,University of Muenster,Muenster,Germany;2.Institute for Biomagnetism and Biosignalanalysis,University of Muenster,Muenster,Germany;3.Department of Neurology,Charite Universit?tsmedizin Berlin,Berlin,Germany
Abstract:
Background
Dysphagia is a major complication in hemispheric as well as brainstem stroke patients causing aspiration pneumonia and increased
mortality. Little is known about the recovery from dysphagia after stroke. The aim of the present study was to determine the
different patterns of cortical swallowing processing in patients with hemispheric and brainstem stroke with and without dysphagia
in the early subacute phase.