Viscero-somatic and viscero-visceral reflexes in brain death.
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Little is known about spinal visceral reflexes in brain-dead man, although they have been described in experimental animals. In 1983, 25 brain-dead individuals were observed during donor nephrectomy. It was confirmed that some of these donors, without higher centre modulation and not under significant pharmacological influence, had viscero-somatic motor reflexes and viscero-visceral cardiovascular reflexes.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
دوره 49 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1986