Central-peripheral neural network interactions evoked by vagus nerve stimulation: Functional consequences on control of cardiac function

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 10, 2015, Pages H1740-H1752

  Ardell, Jeffrey L ^a,b   Rajendran, Pradeep S ^a,b   Nier, Heath A ^c   KenKnight, Bruce H ^d   Andrew Armour, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^d Cyberonics Inc   (Italy)

Author keywords

Afferent; Autonomic nervous system; Intrinsic cardiac nervous system; Parasympathetic; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRADYCARDIA; CHRONOTROPISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; INOTROPISM; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DOG; EFFERENT NERVE; HEART; INNERVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; VAGUS NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRADYCARDIA; DOGS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TACHYCARDIA; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84947214973     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00557.2015     Document Type: Article

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