Part I: General Aspects of Deglutition
1. Overview of Deglutition and Digestion - Arthur J. Miller
2. Gustation, Olfaction and Deglutition - Carmel Ryan and Thomas Hummel
3. Coordination of Deglutition and Respiration - Bonnie Martin-Harris and David H. McFarland
4. Airway Protective Mechanisms, Reciprocal Physiology of the Deglutitive Axis - Anisa Shaker and Reza Shaker
Part II: Central Control of Deglutition
5. Cerebral Cortical Control of Deglutition - Dipesh H. Vasant and Shaheen Hamdy
6. Brainstem Control of Deglutition: Swallowing pattern Generator - Andre Jean and Michel Dallaporta
7. Brainstem Control of Deglutition: Brainstem Neural Circuits and Mediators Regulating Swallowing - Winfried Neuhuber and Detlef Bieger
Part III: Preparatory/Oral Phase of Deglutition:
8. Oral Phase Preparation and Propulsion: Anatomy, Physiology, Rheology, Mastication and Transport - Koichiro Matsuo and Jeffrey B. Palmer9. Deglutitive Oral Pressure Phenomena - Robert M. Siwiec and Reza Shaker
10. Effect of Aging on the Oral Phase of Deglutition - Georgia A. Malandraki and JoAnne Robbins
11. Nascent Oral Phase - Amy L. Delaney and Colin Rudolph
Part IV: Pharyngeal Phase of Deglutition
12. Development, Anatomy and Physiology of the Pharynx - Peter C. Belafsky and Catherine Rees Lintzenich
13. Development, Anatomy and Physiology of the Larynx - Mikhail Wadie, Stewart I. Adam and Clarence T. Sasaki
14. Development, Anatomy and Physiology of the Lungs - Rade Tomic, Andrea Antonescu-Turco and Elizabeth R. Jacobs
15. Effect of Aging of the Pharynx and the UES - Rebecca J. Leonard and Reza Shaker
16. Nascent Pharynx, Physiology, Reflexes - Sudarshan R. Jadcherla
Part V: UES and its Deglutitive Function
17. Development, Anatomy and Physiology of the Upper Esophageal Sphincter and Pharyngo-Esophageal Junction - Ivan M. Lang
18. Deglutitive Pharyngeal and UES Pressure Phenomena - Erica A. Samuel and Reza Shaker
Part VI: Esophageal Phase of Deglutition
19. Development, Anatomy and Physiology of the Esophagus - Braden Kuo and Kyle Staller
20. Normal Aging and the Esophagus - Paul Menard-Katcher and Gary W. Falk
21. Nascent Esophagus, Sensory-Motor Physiology during Maturation - Sudarshan R. Jadcherla
Part VII: Esophageal Motility and Its Deglutitive Function
22. Esophageal Motor Physiology - William G. Paterson and Nicholas Evans Diamant
23. Sphincter Mechanisms at the Esophago-Gastric Junction - Ravinder Mittal
24. Motility and Pressure Phenomena of the Esophagus - Vladimir M. Kushnir and C. Prakash Gyawali
Part VIII: Oral/pharyngeal phase dysphagia
25. Symptom Indices for Dysphagia Assessment and Management - Jacqueline Allen and Peter C. Belafsky
26. Cerebro-Vascular Accidents and Dysphagia - Allison R. Gallaugher, Carol-Leigh Wilson and Stephanie K. Daniels
27. Progressive Neurologic Disease and Dysphagia (including Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Myasthenia Gravis, Post Polio Syndrome) - John C. Rosenbek and Michelle S. Troche
28. Disorders of Appetite, Eating and Swallowing in the Dementias - Manabu Ikeda and John R. Hodges
29. Dystrophies and Myopathies (including Muscular, Oculopharyngeal) - Safwan Jaradeh
30. Dysphagia Secondary to the Effects of Chemo and Radiation Therapy - Cathy Lazarus
31. Swallowing Syncope - Samer Gawrieh
32. Globus Pharyngeus - Ian J. Cook
33. Deglutition in Patients with Tracheostomy, Nasogastric Tubes and Orogastric Tubes - Steven B. Leder and Debra M. Suiter
34. Dysphagia Secondary to Systemic Diseases - Olle Ekberg and Thomas Mandl
Part IX: Upper Esophageal Sphincter Opening Dysfunction
35. Zenker's Diverticulum - Ian J. Cook
36. Cricopharyngeal Bar - Roberto Oliveira Dantas
37. Cricopharyngeal Achalasia - Benson T. Massey
38. UES Opening Muscle Dysfunction - Caryn Easterling and Reza Shaker
Part X: Esophageal Phase Dysphagia: Motor Disorders
39. Achalasia and Ineffective Esophageal Motility - Joel E. Richter
40. Esophageal Spasm/ Non-Cardiac Chest Pain Hypertensive Esophageal Peristalsis (Nutcracker Esophagus) Hypertensive Lower Esophageal Sphincter - Monika A. Kwiatek and John Pandolfino
Part XI: Esophageal Phase Dysphagia: Structural Abnormalities
41. Benign and Malignant Tumors of the Esophagus - Kenneth K. Wang
42. Strictures, Rings, Webs (peptic, caustic, radiation, anastomotic) - Eric Johnson, Eric Gaumnitz and Mark Reichelderfer
43. Esophageal Foreign Bodies: Food Impaction and Foreign Bodies - Ian C. Grimes and Patrick R. Pfau
44. Post-Surgical Dysphagia: Post-Nissen Fundoplication, C-spine surgery, Thyroid surgery, Gastric Banding, Gastric Bypass - Miguel Burch and Jeffrey L. Conklin
45. Drug-induced Esophageal Injury - Vikneswaran Namasivayam and Joseph A. Murray
46. Infectious Esophagitis - Vikneswaran Namasivayam and Joseph A. Murray
47. Eosinophilic Esophagitis - Sameer Dhalla and Ikuo Hirano
48. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease - Denis M. McCarthy
49. Barrett's Esophagus - Stuart Jon Spechler
50. Extraesophageal Manifestations of Reflux Disease and Dysphagia - Robert T. Kavitt and Michael F. Vaezi
51. Hiatal Hernia - Sabine Roman and Peter J. Kahrilas
Part XII: Eating Disorders
52. Psychogenic Dysphagia - Margareta Bulow
53. Rumination Syndrome - Paul E. Hyman and Lindsay D. Clendaniel
Part XIII: Treatment Options for Deglutition Disorders
54. Compensatory Management and Treatment in Dysphagia - Maggie-Lee Huckabee and Louise Hughes
55. Rehabilitative Treatments - Caryn Easterling
56. Electrical Stimulation Treatment - Christy L. Ludlow
57. Pharmacotherapy of UES Spastic Disorder - Matthew R. Hoffman, Ben Bauer, Seth Dailey and Tim M. McCulloch
58. Open and Endoscopic Cricopharyngeal Myotomy - Andre Duranceau59. Surgical Treatment of Zenker's Diverticulum - Michele P. Morrison and Gregory N. Postma
60. Dilatations (UES, Esophagus, LES) Balloon Dilations, Bougies - Walter J. Hogan
61. Esophageal Stenting for Relief of Dysphagia - Kulwinder S. Dua
62. Botulinum Toxin for LES Spastic Disorders - Linda Nguyen and Pankaj J. Pasricha
63. Surgical Treatment of Achalasia and Spastic Esophageal Disorders - Toshitaka Hoppo and Blair A. Jobe
64. Vocal Fold Medialization, Arytenoid Adduction, and Partial Pharyngectomy - C. Blake Simpson
65. Laryngohyoid Suspension - Hans F. Mahieu, Martijn P. Kos and Ingo F. Herrman
66. Surgical Management of Life-Threatening Aspiration - Kaicheng Lawrence Yen and D. Gregory Farwell
67. Anti-Reflux Surgery - Candice L. Wilshire and Jeffrey H. Peters
68. Tube Feeding: Indications, Considerations and Technique - William L. Berger