Publications by authors named "Ann Marie Schreiber"
A Tutorial on Saliva's Role in Swallowing With a Focus on Sjögren's Syndrome.
Am J Speech Lang Pathol
August 2020
Article Synopsis
- - Saliva plays a crucial role in swallowing and maintaining oral health, and understanding its properties and production is essential for effective swallowing assessment, especially in conditions like Sjögren's syndrome (SS) that negatively impact saliva.
- - The tutorial reviews how SS affects saliva production and composition, highlighting its association with issues like xerostomia (dry mouth), dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), and reduced quality of life, with a focus on 55 studies that reveal the impacts of salivary changes.
- - Recommendations include incorporating formal saliva assessments in clinical practice and employing a multidisciplinary approach to improve swallowing management, ultimately enhancing treatment outcomes and patient quality of life.
Late Dysphagia Following Radiotherapy After Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Case Series.
Am J Speech Lang Pathol
February 2020
Purpose Standard treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is radiation therapy (RT); however, long-term effects of RT frequently include significant swallowing impairments (dysphagia; Gaziano, 2002; Hui, Chan, & Le, 2018). Our objective was to describe swallowing physiology in consecutive outpatients with a history of NPC following RT using standardized methods. Understanding dysphagia characteristics in this patient population could ultimately inform rehabilitation strategies and improve patient outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe morphology of dendrites constrains and reflects the nature of synaptic inputs to neurons. The visual system has served as a useful model to show how visual function is determined by the arborization patterns of neuronal processes. In retina, light ON and light OFF responding ganglion cells selectively elaborate their dendritic arbors in distinct sublamina, where they receive, respectively, inputs from ON and OFF bipolar cells.
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