Most previous functional neuroimaging studies on swallowing were focused on investigating the cortical (and subcortical) representation of the swallowing functions in healthy individuals using task-related data. The present function magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study examine whether individuals with atypical and normal swallowing differ in brain activity patterns associated to the resting-state sensorimotor network. Our findings revealed that the individuals with normal swallowing showed stronger and broader patterns of activation than the individuals with atypical swallowing, particularly in the midcingulate cortex. These differences of activation patterns between the two groups may suggest that the midcingulate cortex is crucially involved in the coordination or/and integration of swallowing functions.
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