Sympathetic components in left and right human cervical vagus nerve: implications for vagus nerve stimulation

• Main Authors: Tom J. H. Ruigrok (Author), Sophia A. Mantel (Author), Lara Orlandini (Author), Corné de Knegt (Author), Arnaud J. P. E. Vincent (Author), Jochem K. H. Spoor (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cervical vagus nerve stimulation is in a great variety of clinical situations indicated as a form of treatment. It is textbook knowledge that at the cervical level the vagus nerve contains many different fiber classes. Yet, recently, several reports have shown that this nerve also may contain an add...