Cardiovascular and respiratory consequences of bilateral involvement of the medullary intermediate reticular formation in syringobulbia

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 450-456

  Heidel, K M ^b   Benarroch, E E ^b,c   Gene R ^d   Klein, F ^e   Meli, F ^e   Saadia, D ^e   Nogués, Martin A ^a,e  

^a Mayo Clinic ^*  (Argentina)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^e Instituto de Investigaciones Neurologicas Raul Carrera   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Autonomic failure; Intermediate reticular formation; Medulla; SDB; Syringobulbia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETICULAR FORMATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SYRINGOBULBIA; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RETICULAR FORMATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 12244282419     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-002-0075-1     Document Type: Article

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