New technique for vagal nerve stimulation

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 109-114

  Goldberger, Jeffrey J ^a   Kadish, Alan H ^a   Johnson, David ^a   Qi, Xiaoshi ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; AV node; Heart rate; Parasympathetic; Sinus node; Vagus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CAROTID ARTERY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; FEMORAL VEIN; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROVASCULAR ISLAND FLAP; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0032887998     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(99)00085-0     Document Type: Article

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