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This article provides a comprehensive review of the physiological properties, anatomical locations, and reflex control mechanisms of vagal preganglionic neurons innervating the heart.
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Consolidates mapping of cardiac vagal neurons; leaves open targeted neuromodulation trials in HF and AF.
The sections in this article are: Chronotropic Actions of Activating Vagal Efferent Fibers B‐Fibers and C‐Fibers: Effect of Electrical Stimulation The Location of the Somata of Preganglionic Vagal Neurons Physiological Mapping Biophysical Properties of Cardiac Vagal Motoneurons Physiological Properties of Cardiac Vagal Motoneurons Baroreceptor Input Respiratory Influences on Cardiac Vagal Motoneuron Discharge Mechanisms of Respiratory Patterning Arterial Chemoreceptor Inputs Pulmonary and Airway Inputs Slowly Adapting Pulmonary Inputs Rapidly Adapting Pulmonary Inputs Pulmonary C‐Fibers Upper Airway Receptors Cardiac Receptors CNS Organization of Reflex Control CNS Pathways Impinging on the Dorsal Ventral Nucleus and the Nucleus Ambiguus Reflex Interactions: CNS Organization Synaptic Effects Elicited by Baroreceptor Inputs in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarii Synaptic Effects of Arterial Chemoreceptor Inputs Central Modifications of Reflex Function The Role of the Nucleus Tractus Solitarii in Reflex Adjustments Respiratory Influences of Reflex Transmission Through the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius Conclusions
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K. Michael Spyer (2002) reported a review. This article provides a comprehensive review of the physiological properties, anatomical locations, and reflex control mechanisms of vagal preganglionic neurons innervating the heart.
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