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Evolution and Development of Human Swallowing

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This chapter will describe the human swallowing in comparison with other mammals.

Besides, the context will focus on swallowing and feeding development in infants. The basic knowledge of how evolutionary and developmental changes of human swallowing allows an insight into which swallowing-related problems may directly relate.

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  1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine I, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

    Kannit Pongpipatpaiboon, Yoichiro Aoyagi, Seiko Shibata & Hitoshi Kagaya

  2. Faculty of Rehabilitation, School of Health Sciences, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

    Yoko Inamoto

  3. Department of Dentistry, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

    Koichiro Matsuo

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  1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine I, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

    Eiichi Saitoh

  2. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine I, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

    Kannit Pongpipatpaiboon

  3. Faculty of Rehabilitation, School of Health Sciences, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

    Yoko Inamoto

  4. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine I, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

    Hitoshi Kagaya

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Pongpipatpaiboon, K., Inamoto, Y., Matsuo, K., Aoyagi, Y., Shibata, S., Kagaya, H. (2018). Evolution and Development of Human Swallowing. In: Saitoh, E., Pongpipatpaiboon, K., Inamoto, Y., Kagaya, H. (eds) Dysphagia Evaluation and Treatment. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5032-9_2

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