# NIH Reporter #1R56NS152087-01

Regulation of laryngeal and orofacial motor function during swallow

**Recipient:** University of Florida

**Award Amount:** $556,491.00
**Ceiling:** $556,491.00

**Awarded:** September 17, 2026

**Identifier:** 1R56NS152087-01

The University of Florida will study how the nervous system controls swallowing to improve understanding of impaired swallowing and aspiration risk.

### Description

NIH-funded research investigating the brainstem networks that initiate and regulate swallowing, including the sequencing and magnitude of upper-airway muscle motor drive. The project will use an in vivo animal model, brainstem recordings, electromyography, and computational network modeling.

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