1. Average reference recording from the vagal nerve reveals an evoked indirect response
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Simone Cornelia Maria Anna Ordelman, H.P.J. Buschman, L. Kornet, Richard Cornelussen, and Peter H. Veltink
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vagal nerve ,Fiber type ,business.industry ,Vagal nerve ,Neurophysiology ,Compound muscle action potential ,BSS-Biomechatronics and rehabilitation technology ,IR-65492 ,Distance measurement ,METIS-265205 ,EWI-15355 ,Medicine ,business ,Indirect response ,Neuroscience - Abstract
The vagal nerve conveys information from and to many organs, including the heart. The components of the compound action potentials (CAPs) recorded from the vagal nerve give information about the different fiber types present. In this paper, we show that with the average reference recording method an additional component can be measured. This component is missed when using a tripolar recording method. Recordings were made in anesthetized pigs. Results show that there is an indirect component in the CAP of the cervical vagal nerve. This component comes from the periphery most likely from the heart.
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- 2009
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