The VIIth cranial (facial) nerve is largely motor in function (some sensory fibres from external acoustic meatus, fibres controlling salivation and taste fibres from the anterior tongue in the chorda tympani branch). It also supplies the stapedius (so a complete nerve lesion will alter auditory acuity on the affected side). From the facial nerve nucleus in the brainstem, fibres loop around the ...

A rare case of ankyloglossia in a one-humped camel and its successful surgical correction by horizontal to vertical frenuloplasty is reported. Seven-month-old she-camel calf, with a history of excessive salivation and inability to chew and swallow hay, was referred to Al Qattara veterinary hospital. Solid food was regurgitated, whereas milk and water could be swallowed. On examination; the anim...

BACKGROUND Reduced salivation is considered a major clinical feature of most but not all cases of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). Reduced saliva flow may lead to changes in the salivary microbiota. These changes have mainly been studied with culture that typically recovers only 65% of the bacteria present. OBJECTIVE This study was to use high throughput sequencing, covering both cultivated ...

Whenever a newborn infant presents with excessive salivation and failure to pass nasogastric tube, one of the 5 major types of esophageal atresia is suspected. We report a rare case where a newborn infant presented with features of esophageal atresia due to membranous diaphragm.

ticipants were female [10/11 (83%) of FOSD and 11/12 (92%) of COUD, 2 (1) ! 1]. The groups did not differ in age (M = 43.6, SD = 10.5), highest lifetime BMI (M = 35.4, SD = 5.9) and BMI at the start of the last diet attempt (M = 35.2, SD = 5.9). None of the participants was in treatment since their last diet attempts, meaning that the weight loss and maintenance of the FOSD group was reached wi...

Welcome to our 4th year! I want to thank all those resubscribers for your support and welcome new readers. We have a jam packed issue this quarter with articles by some of the experts in the field!. Joan Sheppard Ph.D. writes about saliva control, Lynn Wolf MOT, OTR and colleague Nan Street PT discuss a personal GI experience, and Betsy Clawson Ph.D. provides an interesting case and explanation...

To clarify pharmacological usefulness of transdermal oxybutynin in the therapy of overactive bladder, we have characterized muscarinic receptor binding in rat tissues with measurement of plasma concentrations of oxybutynin and its metabolite N-desethyl-oxybutynin (DEOB) and salivation after transdermal oxybutynin compared with oral route. At 1 and 3 h after oral administration of oxybutynin, th...