Results: 21

Cardiac vagal index varies according to field position in male elite football players

BACKGROUND: Cardiac vagal index (CVI) is supposedly higher in athletes and may differ between sports and/or between field positions. OBJECTIVE: To compare CVI: a) between elite football players vs. non-athletes and b) according to five football positions. METHOD: 242 football players of the first Brazi...

The influence of distal colon irritation on the changes of cystometry parameters to esophagus and colon distentions

Int. braz. j. urol; 42 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT The co-occurrence of multiple pathologies in the pelvic viscera in the same patient, such as, irritable bowel syndrome and interstitial cystitis, indicates the complexity of viscero-visceral interactions and the necessity to study these interactions under multiple pathological conditions. In the...

Interval training based on ventilatory anaerobic threshold increases cardiac vagal modulation and decreases high-sensitivity c-reative protein: randomized clinical trial in coronary artery disease

Background: Autonomic dysfunction and inflammatory activity are involved in the development and progression of coronary artery disease (CAD), and exercise training has been shown to confer a cardiovascular benefit. Objective: To evaluate the effects that interval training (IT) based on ventilatory anaero...

The recurrent laryngeal cardiac nerve in fetuses

Int. j. morphol; 32 (2), 2014
The recurrent laryngeal nerve has been reported to supply cardiac branches to the cardiac plexus. A review of anatomical literature on the existing term used to describe these branches revealed that varying interpretations and descriptions exist among various authors. Therefore, this study aimed to inves...

The brainstem localization of gastric preganglionic parasympathetic neurons in the Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina)

West Indian med. j; 62 (6), 2013
This study was designed to determine qualitatively, the source of gastric vagal nerve fibres in the Agouti. A total of 18 male and female adult agoutis were used for the present investigation. Following anaesthesia, laparotomy was performed and the stomach exteriorized. Multiple intramuscular injections ...

Thoracic Vagal Ganglion and Referred Craniofacial Pain: a Case Report and Review

Int. j. morphol; 25 (1), 2007
The presence of a ganglion-like tumefaction is reported in the mediastinal course of the right vagus nerve at Tl level in a cadaver in the Universidad Industrial de Santander's morphology laboratory. The vagal ganglion was located next to hyperplasic lymphoid nodes in para-tracheal and tracheal-bronchial...

Investigación y revisión conceptual de la inervación gastro-duodeno-pancreática en ratas
Investigation and conceptual revision of the gastro-duodeno-pancreatic innervation in rats

Rev. chil. anat; 20 (1), 2002
En la disección anatómica macroscópica de la inervación gastro-duodeno-pancreática ratas, es posible resaltar: Una estructura conectivo-nerviosa que vincula la unión antro-fúndica con el píloro, la banda diagonal antral (BDA); dos láminas que, como telones superpuestos, cubren el espacio entre e...

Posible función del núcleo motor dorsal del vago sobre el trabajo de parto en la rata
Possible function of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve on parturition labor in the rat

Rev. sanid. mil; 51 (1), 1997
La lesión electrolítica unilateral o bilateral del núcleo motor dorsal del vago (NMDV) en la rata grávida produjo distocia, la que consistió en la supresión del trabajo de parto o bien, en el retraso del mismo (5-34 horas). Por lo que respecta a la salud de los productos, en el primer caso, todos m...

Avaliação da via eferente vagal em ratos nas fases aguda e crônica do infarto do miocárdio

Arq. bras. cardiol; 65 (1), 1995
PURPOSE--To investigate the sensitivity of the muscarinic receptors to acetylcholine (Ach) and to vagal stimulation in rats during the acute and the chronic phases of myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS--Male albino rats were submitted to ligature of the descending anterior branches of the left coronary ...

Critérios para o diagnóstico eletrocardiográfico de vagotonia: existe consenso na opiniäo de especialistas?

Arq. bras. cardiol; 63 (5), 1994
Objetivo - Identificar os critérios mais valorizados par ao diagnóstico eletrocardiográfico de vagotomia na opiniäo de cardiologistas. Métodos - Questionário distribuído a 40 cardiologistas durante o 9§ Congresso brasileiro de Arritmias Cardíacas (Säo José do Rio Preto, SP). A amostra represen...