When subcortical and supratentorial lesions cause damage to thecorticobulbar tract or the extrapyramidal system (circuitof cortex–neostriatum–dorsal thalamus–cortex, loop ofneostriatum–nigra), dysphagia may result. In the currentstudy, 12 patients demonstrated dysphagia due to basalganglia/centrum semiovale-focused subcortical stroke