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NOTE ON THE SPINAL ORIGIN OF VASOCONSTRICTOR FIBRES TO THE ARM IN MAN
Author(s) -
Learmonth J. R.,
Richards R. L.
Publication year - 1943
Publication title -
quarterly journal of experimental physiology and cognate medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1469-445X
pISSN - 0033-5541
DOI - 10.1113/expphysiol.1943.sp000876
Subject(s) - reflex , spinal cord , vasomotor , anatomy , medicine , vasoconstrictor agents , anesthesia , vasoconstriction , psychiatry
The observations show that, in this patient, reflex vasomotor response in an arm was normal, when the most cranial source of its preganglionic vasoconstrictor fibres was the third thoracic segment of the spinal cord.