Neurovascular compression of the rostral ventrolateral medulla related to essential hypertension

Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-82

  Morimoto, Satoshi ^a   Sasaki, Susumu ^a   Miki, Shigeyuki ^a   Kawa, Tetsuyoshi ^a   Itoh, Hiroshi ^a   Nakata, Tetsuo ^a   Takeda, Kazuo ^a   Nakagawa, Masao ^a   Kizu, Osamu ^a   Furuya, Seiichi ^a   Naruse, Shoji ^a   Maeda, Tomoho ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypertension, essential; Magnetic resonance angiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rostral ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INNERVATION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030839199     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.30.1.77     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Calaresu FR, Yardley CP. Medullary basal sympathetic tone. Annu Rev Physiol. 1988;50:511-524.
2. Ciriello J, Caverson MM, Polosa C. Function of the ventrolateral medulla in the control of the circulation. Brain Res Rev. 1986;11: 359-391.
3. Ross CA, Ruggiero DA, Park DH, Joh TH, Sved AF, Fernandez-Pardal J, Saavedra JM, Reis DJ. Tonic vasomotor control by the rostral ventrolateral medulla: effect of electrical or chemical stimulation of the area containing C1 adrenaline neurons on arterial pressure, heart rate, and plasma catecholamines and vasopressin. J Neurosci. 1984;4:474-494.
4. Kubo T, Nagura J, Kihara M, Misu Y. Cardiovascular effects of L-glutamate and Y-aminobutyric acid injected into the rostral ventrolateral medulla in normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats. Arch Int Pharmacodyn Ther. 1986;279:150-161.
5. Kiely JM, Gordon FJ. Role of rostral ventrolateral medulla in centrally mediated pressor responses. Am J Physiol. 1994;267:1549-1556.
6. Willette RN, Krieger AJ, Barcas PP, Sapru HN. Medullary gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors and the regulation of blood pressure in the rat. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1983;226:893-899.
7. Jannetta PJ, Gendell HM. Neurovascular compression associated with essential hypertension. Neurosurgery. 1978;2:165. Abstract.
8. Fein FM, Frishman W. Neurogenic hypertension related to vascular compression of the lateral medulla. Neurosurgery. 1980;6:615-622.
9. Jannetta PJ, Segal R, Wolfson SK. Neurogenic hypertension: etiology and surgical treatment. I: observations in 53 patients. Ann Surg. 1985;201:391-398.
10. Jannetta PJ, Segal R, Wolfson SK, Dujovny M, Semba A, Cook EE. Neurogenic hypertension: etiology and surgical treatment. II: observations in an experimental nonhuman primate model. Ann Surg. 1985;202:253-261.
11. Yamamoto I, Yamada S, Sato O. Microvascular decompression for hypertension - clinical and experimental study. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 1991;31:1-6.
12. Kleineberg B, Becker H, Gaab MR. Neurovascular compression and essential hypertension: an angiographic study. Neuroradiology. 1991;33:2-8.
13. Kleineberg B, Becker H, Gaab MR, Naraghi R. Essential hypertension associated with neurovascular compression: angiographic findings. Neurosurgery. 1992;30:834-841.
14. Naraghi R, Gaab MR, Walter GF, Kleinberg B. Arterial hypertension and neurovascular compression at the ventrolateral medulla. J Neurosurg. 1992;77:103-112.
15. Naraghi R, Geiger H, Crnac J, Huk W, Fahlbusch R, Engels G, Luft FC. Posterior fossa neurovascular anomalies in essential hypertension. Lancet. 1994;344:1466-1470.
16. Akimura T, Furutani Y, Jimi Y, Saito K, Kashiwagi S, Kato S, Ito H. Essential hypertension and neurovascular compression at the ventrolateral medulla oblongata: MR evaluation. Am J Neuroradiol. 1995;16:401-405.
17. Devereux RB, Reichek N. Echocardiographic determination of left ventricular mass in man: anatomic validation of the method. Circulation. 1977;55:613-618.
18. 1993 guidelines for the management of mild hypertension: memorandum from a WHO/ISH meeting. Bull World Health Organ. 1993; 71:392-403.
19. Persson P, Ehmke H, Kirchheim H, Seller H. Effect of sino-aortic denervation in comparison to cardiopulmonary deafferentiation on long-term blood pressure in conscious dogs. Pflugers Arch. 1988; 411:160-166.
20. Thoren P. Role of cardiac vagal C-fibers in cardiovascular control. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol. 1979;86:1-94.