ArticleParkinson's disease2020
Ultrasonography of the Vagus Nerve in the Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease.
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- Correlation between right vagus nerve cross-sectional area and abnormal heart rate with deep breathing in Parkinson's disease.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2026Article
- Neutral Position or Contralateral Head Rotation in Vagus Nerve Stimulation Surgery: A Study of Surgical Pathway and Nervus Vagus Position with Peroperative Ultrasonography.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Comparison of vagus nerve cross-sectional area between brain-first and body-first Parkinson's disease.NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2024Article
- Vagus Nerve Ultrasonography Helps Distinguish Multiple System Atrophy from Other Parkinsonian Syndromes.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2023Article
- The cross-sectional area of the vagus nerve is not reduced in Parkinson's disease patients.eNeurologicalSci · 2022Article
- Neurophysiological and ultrasonographic comparative study of autonomous nervous system in patients suffering from fibromyalgia and generalized anxiety disorder.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022Article
- Preoperative ultrasound mapping of the vagus nerve in thyroid surgery.Gland surgery · 2022Article
- Neurosonological Findings Related to Non-Motor Features of Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review.Brain sciences · 2021Review
- Vagus Nerve Cross-Sectional Area in Patients With Parkinson's Disease-An Ultrasound Case-Control Study.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundIt is currently impossible to diagnose Parkinson's disease (PD) in the premotor phase even though at the time of motor symptom onset the number of already degenerated dopaminergic substantia nigra neurons is considerable. Degeneration of the dorsal nucleus of the vagus nerve (VN) has been reported early in the disease course, and it could lead to impaired function of the VN, resulting in certain nonmotor symptoms of PD. Therefore, we raised a hypothesis that the loss of VN neurons could result in a smaller diameter of the VN among PD patients.
methods20 PD patients and 20 age- and gender-matched individuals without any neurodegenerative disease were enrolled in a pilot study. The diameters of the right and left VNs were measured using ultrasonography, their average was calculated, and the narrower VN diameter was noted separately.
resultsNo difference was found between the PD and control groups neither in the average VN diameter (mean 1.17; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.10-1.24 vs. 1.13; 1.07-1.18, mm;
conclusionsTo conclude, no differences were found in VN diameter between the PD and control groups. Therefore, our data do not support the hypothesis that PD could be associated with a smaller diameter of the VN.
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