Trigeminocardiac reflex and ipsilateral mydriasis during stereotactic brain tumor biopsy: An insight into the anatomical and physiological pathways involved

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 727-728

  Stavrinou, Pantelis ^a   Foroglou, Nikolaos ^a   Patsalas, Ioannis ^a   Selviaridis, Panagiotis ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISATRACURIUM; FENTANYL;

ANISOCORIA; BOLUS INJECTION; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; LETTER; MYDRIASIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY; TRIGEMINOCARDIAC REFLEX; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

BIOPSY; BRADYCARDIA; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HEART; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MYDRIASIS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 77953023714     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0509-9     Document Type: Letter

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