Trigeminocardiac reflex: Differential behavior and risk factors in the course of the trigeminal nerve

Future Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-47

  Chowdhury, Tumul ^a   Sandu, Nora ^b   Meuwly, Cyrill ^c   Cappellani, Ronald B ^a   Schaller, Bernhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

classification; etiology; Gasserian ganglion; risk factors; trigeminocardiac reflex

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BRADYCARDIA; BRUXISM; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; NEUROINTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY RECEPTOR; TACHYCARDIA; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINOCARDIAC REFLEX; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84890917097     PISSN: 14796708     EISSN: 17486971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fnl.13.62     Document Type: Review

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