A morphometric study of the vagus nerve in amyotropic lateral sclerosis with circulatory collapse

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 356-362

  Shimizu, Toshio ^a   Hayashi, Michiyuki ^b   Kawata, Akihiro ^a   Mizutani, Toshio ^a   Watabe, Kazuhiko ^c   Matsubara, Shiro ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Baroreceptor reflex; Circulatory collapse; Sympathetic hyperactivity; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; VAGUS NERVE;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHOCK; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 80053988250     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482968.2011.566342     Document Type: Article

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