Decreases in Blood Pressure and Sympathetic Nerve Activity by Microvascular Decompression of the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla in Essential Hypertension
Author(s) -
Satoshi Morimoto,
Susumu Sasaki,
Kazuo Takeda,
Seiichi Furuya,
Shoji Naruse,
Keigo Matsumoto,
Toshihiro Higuchi,
Mitsuru Saito,
Masao Nakagawa
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.30.8.1707
Subject(s) - rostral ventrolateral medulla , medicine , blood pressure , medulla oblongata , microvascular decompression , medulla , neurovascular bundle , sympathetic nervous system , brainstem , decompression , anesthesia , anatomy , cardiology , heart rate , central nervous system , surgery , trigeminal neuralgia
Neurovascular compression of the rostral ventrolateral medulla, a major center regulating sympathetic nerve activity, may be causally related to essential hypertension. Microvascular decompression of the rostral ventrolateral medulla decreases elevated blood pressure.
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