Chair: Teresa Lever (University of Missouri)

8:35 Jeff Palmer (Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,  Johns Hopkins University)

"The Process of Eating Solid Food: Kinematic Analysis"

9:05 Arlette Kolta (University of Montreal, Faculty and Dentistry, Department of Neuroscience)

"Astrocytic Networks are Determinant for Generation of Rhythmic Bursting by Assemblies of Trigeminal Neurons Involved in Mastication"

9:35 Georgia A Malandraki (Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences , Purdue University )

"Neuroplastic Adaptations of the Swallowing Network in Children with Unilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy (USCP) and Dysphagia: Potential Implications for Rehabilitation"

10:05 - 10:35 Panel Discussion

Chair: Callum Ross (University of Chicago)

10:50 Yuki Nakamura (Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences Division of Dysphagia Rehabilitation)

"Spectral properties and interactions of primary motor cortex and primary somatosensory cortex of non-human primate during feeding"

11:20 Kazunori Adachi (Division of Pharmacology, Meikai University School of Dentistry)

Chair: Callum Ross (University of Chicago)

13:00 Limor Avivi-Arber (Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto)

"Tooth Loss and Subsequent Replacement with Dental Implants are Associated with Glial Cell Plasticity within the Rat Orofacial Sensorimotor Cortex (oSMCx)"

13:30 Teresa Lever (Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine)

"Adapting Dysphagia diagnostics for translational research with rodents"

14:00-14:30 Panel Discussion

Session Chair: Barry Sessle (University of Toronto)

15:00 Tao Xie (Department of Neurology, University of Chicago)

"Low frequency stimulation reduces aspiration and freezing of gait in PD patients with bilateral STN DBS"

15:30 Laura Pitts (Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, University of Northern Iowa)

"Case Series of Neuromodulation Following Lingual Training Paired with Cortical Stimulation in Acute Stroke"

16:00 Satoko Koganemaru (Human Brain Research Center, Kyoto University)

"Improvement of severe post-stroke dysphagia by motor cortiacl brain stimulation"

16:30-17:00 Panel Discussion