Involvement of vagal autonomic nuclei in multiple system atrophy and Lewy body disease

Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 378-383

  Benarroch, E E ^a   Schmeichel, A M ^a   Sandroni, P ^a   Low, P A ^a   Parisi, J E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN STEM; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE INNERVATION; LIMBIC CORTEX; NEOCORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; VAGUS NERVE NUCLEUS; AGED; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VAGUS NERVE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICLE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; NEURONS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33646167623     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000196638.98781.bb     Document Type: Article

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