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Abnormal Activation of the Primary Somatosensory Cortex in Spasmodic Dysphonia: An fMRI Study by Simonyan, Kristina, Ludlow, Christy L.

“…Spasmodic dysphonia (SD) is a task-specific focal dystonia of unknown pathophysiology, characterized by involuntary spasms in the laryngeal muscles during…”
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Activation of upper airway muscles during breathing and swallowing by Fregosi, Ralph F, Ludlow, Christy L

“…The upper airway is a complex muscular tube that is used by the respiratory and digestive systems. The upper airway is invested with several small and…”
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Vibration over the larynx increases swallowing and cortical activation for swallowing by Mulheren, Rachel W, Ludlow, Christy L

“…Sensory input can alter swallowing control in both the cortex and brainstem. Electrical stimulation of superior laryngeal nerve afferents increases reflexive…”
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Evidence of Left Inferior Frontal-Premotor Structural and Functional Connectivity Deficits in Adults Who Stutter by Chang, Soo-Eun, Horwitz, Barry, Ostuni, John, Reynolds, Richard, Ludlow, Christy L.

“…The neurophysiological basis for stuttering may involve deficits that affect dynamic interactions among neural structures supporting fluid speech processing…”
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The focal dystonias: Current views and challenges for future research by Jinnah, H. A., Berardelli, Alfredo, Comella, Cynthia, DeFazio, Giovanni, DeLong, Mahlon R., Factor, Stewart, Galpern, Wendy R., Hallett, Mark, Ludlow, Christy L., Perlmutter, Joel S., Rosen, Ami R.

“…ABSTRACT The most common forms of dystonia are those that develop in adults and affect a relatively isolated region of the body. Although these adult‐onset…”
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Sour taste increases swallowing and prolongs hemodynamic responses in the cortical swallowing network by Mulheren, Rachel W, Kamarunas, Erin, Ludlow, Christy L

“…Sour stimuli have been shown to upregulate swallowing in patients and in healthy volunteers. However, such changes may be dependent on taste-induced increases…”
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Healthy Volunteers Immediately Adapt to Submental Stimulation During Swallowing by Safi, Mohammed F, Martin, Sandra, Gray, Lincoln, Ludlow, Christy L

“…Transcutaneous stimulation above and below the hyoid is used to assist patients with swallowing disorders (dysphagia) but has shown different effects…”
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Acoustic and Aerodynamic Comparisons of Voice Qualities Produced After Voice Training by Barone, Nicholas A, Ludlow, Christy L, Tellis, Cari M

“…SummaryCharacteristics of true vocal fold vibration such as the proportion of closed phase of vibration to open phase, longitudinal tension, and the amount of…”
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Mutations in TRPV4 cause Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2C by Sumner, Charlotte J, Landouré, Guida, Zdebik, Anselm A, Martinez, Tara L, Burnett, Barrington G, Stanescu, Horia C, Inada, Hitoshi, Shi, Yijun, Taye, Addis A, Kong, Lingling, Munns, Clare H, Choo, Shelly S, Phelps, Christopher B, Paudel, Reema, Houlden, Henry, Ludlow, Christy L, Caterina, Michael J, Gaudet, Rachelle, Kleta, Robert, Fischbeck, Kenneth H

“…Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2C (CMT2C) is an autosomal dominant neuropathy characterized by limb, diaphragm and laryngeal muscle weakness. Two unrelated…”
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Brain anatomy differences in childhood stuttering by Chang, Soo-Eun, Erickson, Kirk I., Ambrose, Nicoline G., Hasegawa-Johnson, Mark A., Ludlow, Christy L.

“…Stuttering is a developmental speech disorder that occurs in 5% of children with spontaneous remission in approximately 70% of cases. Previous imaging studies…”
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Spasmodic Dysphonia: A Review. Part 2: Characterization of Pathophysiology by Hintze, Justin M., Ludlow, Christy L., Bansberg, Stephen F., Adler, Charles H., Lott, David G.

“…Objective The purpose of this review is to describe the recent advances in characterizing spasmodic dysphonia. Spasmodic dysphonia is a task-specific focal…”
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Brain activation abnormalities during speech and non-speech in stuttering speakers by Chang, Soo-Eun, Kenney, Mary Kay, Loucks, Torrey M.J., Ludlow, Christy L.

“…Although stuttering is regarded as a speech-specific disorder, there is a growing body of evidence suggesting that subtle abnormalities in the motor planning…”
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Functional connectivity and laterality of the motor and sensory components in the volitional swallowing network by Lowell, Soren Y., Reynolds, Richard C., Chen, Gang, Horwitz, Barry, Ludlow, Christy L.

“…Functional neuroimaging has shown that multiple brain regions are active during volitional swallowing. Little is known, however, about which regions integrate…”
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Treatment for spasmodic dysphonia: limitations of current approaches by Ludlow, Christy L

“…Although botulinum toxin injection is the gold standard for treatment of spasmodic dysphonia, surgical approaches aimed at providing long-term symptom control…”
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation and functional magnet resonance imaging evaluation of adductor spasmodic dysphonia during phonation by Chen, Mo, Summers, Rebekah L.S., Prudente, Cecília N., Goding, George S., Samargia-Grivette, Sharyl, Ludlow, Christy L., Kimberley, Teresa J.

“…Reduced intracortical inhibition is a neurophysiologic finding in focal dystonia that suggests a broader problem of impaired cortical excitability within the…”
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Effects of surface electrical stimulation both at rest and during swallowing in chronic pharyngeal Dysphagia by Ludlow, Christy L, Humbert, Ianessa, Saxon, Keith, Poletto, Christopher, Sonies, Barbara, Crujido, Lisa

“…We tested two hypotheses using surface electrical stimulation in chronic pharyngeal dysphagia: that stimulation (1) lowered the hyoid bone and/or larynx when…”
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Sensory stimulation activates both motor and sensory components of the swallowing system by Lowell, Soren Y., Poletto, Christopher J., Knorr-Chung, Bethany R., Reynolds, Richard C., Simonyan, Kristina, Ludlow, Christy L.

“…Volitional swallowing in humans involves the coordination of both brainstem and cerebral swallowing control regions. Peripheral sensory inputs are necessary…”
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Dominant mutations in the cation channel gene transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 cause an unusual spectrum of neuropathies by Zimoń, Magdalena, Baets, Jonathan, Auer-Grumbach, Michaela, Berciano, José, Garcia, Antonio, Lopez-Laso, Eduardo, Merlini, Luciano, Hilton-Jones, David, McEntagart, Meriel, Crosby, Andrew H., Barisic, Nina, Boltshauser, Eugen, Shaw, Christopher E., Landouré, Guida, Ludlow, Christy L., Gaudet, Rachelle, Houlden, Henry, Reilly, Mary M., Fischbeck, Kenneth H., Sumner, Charlotte J., Timmerman, Vincent, Jordanova, Albena, Jonghe, Peter De

“…Hereditary neuropathies form a heterogeneous group of disorders for which over 40 causal genes have been identified to date. Recently, dominant mutations in…”
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Focal white matter changes in spasmodic dysphonia: a combined diffusion tensor imaging and neuropathological study by Simonyan, Kristina, Tovar-Moll, Fernanda, Ostuni, John, Hallett, Mark, Kalasinsky, Victor F., Lewin-Smith, Michael R., Rushing, Elisabeth J., Vortmeyer, Alexander O., Ludlow, Christy L.

“…Spasmodic dysphonia is a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary spasms in the laryngeal muscles during speech production. Although the clinical…”
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Human brain activation during phonation and exhalation: Common volitional control for two upper airway functions by Loucks, Torrey M.J., Poletto, Christopher J., Simonyan, Kristina, Reynolds, Catherine L., Ludlow, Christy L.

“…Phonation is defined as a laryngeal motor behavior used for speech production, which involves a highly specialized coordination of laryngeal and respiratory…”
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