Definition and Diagnosis of the Trigeminocardiac Reflex: A Grounded Theory Approach for an Update

BackgroundThe trigeminocardiac reflex (TCR) is defined as sudden onset of parasympathetic dysrhythmias including hemodynamic irregularities, apnea, and gastric hypermotility during stimulation of sensory branches of the trigeminal nerve. Since the first description of the TCR in 1999, there is an on...

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Main Authors: Cyrill Meuwly, Tumul Chowdhury, Nora Sandu, Eugene Golanov, Paul Erne, Thomas Rosemann, Bernhard Schaller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2017.00533/full