Cervical vagal nerve stimulation activates the stellate ganglion in ambulatory dogs

Korean Circulation Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 149-157

  Rhee, Kyoung Suk ^a,d   Hsueh, Chia Hsiang ^a   Hellyer, Jessica A ^a   Park, Hyung Wook ^a,e   Lee, Young Soo ^a,f   Garlie, Jason ^a   Onkka, Patrick ^a   Doytchinova, Anisiia T ^a   Garner, John B ^a   Pate, Jheel ^a   Chen, Lan S ^b   Fishbein, Michael C ^c   Everett, Thomas ^a   Lin, Shien Fong ^a   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^e Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^f Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Stellate ganglion; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MONGREL DOG; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATOR; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; STELLATE GANGLION; STELLATE GANGLION NERVE ACTIVITY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84927626556     PISSN: 17385520     EISSN: 17385555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2015.45.2.149     Document Type: Article

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