Ablation of the sphenopalatine ganglion does not attenuate the infarct reducing effect of vagus nerve stimulation

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 31-35

  Ay, Ilknur ^a   Ay, Hakan ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Cerebral ischemia; Electrical stimulation; Rat; Sphenopalatine ganglion; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GANGLION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA; PTERYGOPALATINE GANGLION; RAT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VASODILATATION;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBRUM; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84875247154     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: 18727484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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