Vagus Nerve

"Vagus Nerve" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The 10th cranial nerve. The vagus is a mixed nerve which contains somatic afferents (from skin in back of the ear and the external auditory meatus), visceral afferents (from the pharynx, larynx, thorax, and abdomen), parasympathetic efferents (to the thorax and abdomen), and efferents to striated muscle (of the larynx and pharynx).

Descriptor ID	D014630
MeSH Number(s)	A08.800.050.050.925 A08.800.050.600.825 A08.800.800.060.920 A08.800.800.120.900
Concept/Terms	Vagus Nerve Vagus Nerve Nerve, Vagus Nerves, Vagus Vagus Nerves Tenth Cranial Nerve Cranial Nerve, Tenth Cranial Nerves, Tenth Nerve, Tenth Cranial Nerves, Tenth Cranial Tenth Cranial Nerves Nervus Vagus Vagus, Nervus Cranial Nerve X Nerve X, Cranial Nerve X Nerve Xs Pneumogastric Nerve Nerve, Pneumogastric Nerves, Pneumogastric Pneumogastric Nerves

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Anatomy [A]
Nervous System [A08]
Peripheral Nervous System [A08.800]
Autonomic Nervous System [A08.800.050]
Autonomic Pathways [A08.800.050.050]
Vagus Nerve [A08.800.050.050.925]
Parasympathetic Nervous System [A08.800.050.600]
Vagus Nerve [A08.800.050.600.825]
Peripheral Nerves [A08.800.800]
Autonomic Pathways [A08.800.800.060]
Vagus Nerve [A08.800.800.060.920]
Cranial Nerves [A08.800.800.120]
Vagus Nerve [A08.800.800.120.900]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	1	0	1
2005	1	0	1
2006	1	2	3
2010	1	0	1
2011	1	1	2
2012	1	1	2
2013	1	0	1
2014	1	0	1
2016	1	0	1
2024	0	1	1

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Wolff C, Langenhan K, Wolff M, Efimova E, Zach?us M, Darma A, Dinov B, Seew?ster T, Nedios S, Bertagnolli L, Wolff J, Paetsch I, Jahnke C, Bollmann A, Hindricks G, Bode K, Halm U, Arya A. Incidence and predictors of thermal oesophageal and vagus nerve injuries in Ablation Index-guided high-power-short-duration ablation of atrial fibrillation: a prospective study. Europace. 2024 May 02; 26(5).

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Delfiner MS, Siano J, Li Y, Dedkov EI, Zhang Y. Reduced epicardial vagal nerve density and impaired vagal control in a rat myocardial infarction-heart failure model. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2017 Jan - Feb; 26:21-29.

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Schneider B, Kennedy DJ, Casey E, Smuck M, Conrad B, Plastaras C. Trainee involvement in transforaminal epidural steroid injections associated with increased incidence of vasovagal reactions. PM R. 2014 Oct; 6(10):914-9.

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Brailoiu GC, Deliu E, Tica AA, Rabinowitz JE, Tilley DG, Benamar K, Koch WJ, Brailoiu E. Nesfatin-1 activates cardiac vagal neurons of nucleus ambiguus and elicits bradycardia in conscious rats. J Neurochem. 2013 Sep; 126(6):739-48.

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Brailoiu GC, Arterburn JB, Oprea TI, Chitravanshi VC, Brailoiu E. Bradycardic effects mediated by activation of G protein-coupled estrogen receptor in rat nucleus ambiguus. Exp Physiol. 2013 Mar; 98(3):679-91.

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Brailoiu GC, Deliu E, Tica AA, Chitravanshi VC, Brailoiu E. Urocortin 3 elevates cytosolic calcium in nucleus ambiguus neurons. J Neurochem. 2012 Sep; 122(6):1129-36.

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Vida G, Pe?a G, Kanashiro A, Thompson-Bonilla Mdel R, Palange D, Deitch EA, Ulloa L. ?2-Adrenoreceptors of regulatory lymphocytes are essential for vagal neuromodulation of the innate immune system. FASEB J. 2011 Dec; 25(12):4476-85.

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Shen MJ, Shinohara T, Park HW, Frick K, Ice DS, Choi EK, Han S, Maruyama M, Sharma R, Shen C, Fishbein MC, Chen LS, Lopshire JC, Zipes DP, Lin SF, Chen PS. Continuous low-level vagus nerve stimulation reduces stellate ganglion nerve activity and paroxysmal atrial tachyarrhythmias in ambulatory canines. Circulation. 2011 May 24; 123(20):2204-12.

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Climent AM, Guillem MS, Husser D, Castells F, Millet J, Bollmann A. Role of the atrial rate as a factor modulating ventricular response during atrial fibrillation. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2010 Dec; 33(12):1510-7.

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Jenssen S, Sperling MR, Tracy JI, Nei M, Joyce L, David G, O'Connor M. Corpus callosotomy in refractory idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Seizure. 2006 Dec; 15(8):621-9.

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