Secretion of saliva has been studies on man and animals from the histological, cytological, and other viewpoints since H e i d en h a i n (1868) and Zimmer m a n n (1898). On the histological and cytological changes of the salivary glands produced by some reagents, Altmann (1894), A r i m a (1918); Takagi (1925) and many others have reported. It is not enough for understanding the function of s...

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...

Case presentation: JRCS, female, started, at 15 years old, dysphagia initially for solids, progressing to liquids, hand dystonia and anarthria after isolated fever. At the time she was admitted another pediatric center diagnostic investigation, with normal brain MRI, EEG ENMG. History of mother undiagnosed psychiatric disorder progressive gait dysfunction. age 16 hospitalized malnutrition assoc...

The aim of this study was to characterize a group of patients (n=8) with sickle cell disease (SCD) and ischemic stroke concerning the clinical, neurological, imaging and progressive aspects. Data were collected from records and completed with an interview of patients and their parents. In this study there were 8 patients with ages ranging from 10 to 23 years old; SCD diagnosis was given between...

Saliva is a significant secretion in the preservation of oral cavity, preparation of food for chewing and swallowing, remineralization of teeth, neutralization of oral acid and simplification of speech. Decrease or increase of this secretion can cause various oral and general health problems. While hyposalivation leads to xerostomia, hypersalivation results in sialorrhea. Both of them have to b...