Although the posterior oral cavity and oropharynx play a major role in swallowing, their central representation is poorly understood. High-field functional magnetic resonance imaging of the brain was used to study the central processing of brief air-pulse
A meta-analysis of swallowing-related brain activitiy Functional brain imaging of swallowing: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis. Peter Soros, Yoko Inamoto, and Ruth E Martin Hum Brain Mapp, December 23, 2008