Trigemino-cardiac reflex: A recently discovered "oxygen- conserving" response? The potential therapeutic role of a physiological reflex

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-5

  Schaller, Bernhard J ^a,b   Buchfelder, Michael ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ischemia; Oxygen conserving; Rostral ventrolateral reticular nucleus of the medulla; Trigemino cardiac reflex

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; APNEA; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CELL ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROPROTECTION; OXYGEN CONSERVATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; STOMACH MOTILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINOCARDIAC REFLEX; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

EID: 33645760718     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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