Intra-operative deep brain stimulation of the periaqueductal grey matter modulates blood pressure and heart rate variability in humans

Neuromodulation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 174-181

  Green, Alexander L ^a,b   Hyam, Jonathan A ^a,b   Williams, Charles ^a   Wang, Shouyan ^a   Shlugman, David ^b   Stein, John F ^a   Paterson, David J ^a   Aziz, Tipu Z ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; heart rate variability; periaqueductal grey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; PAIN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 77954558656     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2010.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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