Cerebral vasodilator nerves and their pathway from the medulla oblongata - With observations on the pial and intracerebral vascular plexus
Cerebral vasodilator nerves and their pathway from the medulla oblongata - With observations on the pial and intracerebral vascular plexus
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DOI:
10.1001/archneurpsyc.1932.02240060016002
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1932-12-01
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Penfield, W
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Chorobski, J;Penfield, W
In the facial nerve of monkeys there is a pathway for efferent impulses from the medulla oblongata to the cerebral vessels. Electrical stimulation at any point on this pathway produces dilatation of the arteries of the pia mater. This innervation, being antagonistic to that of the cervical sympathetic trunk in its action on these arteries, may be termed parasympathetic. Anatomically, there is a bundle of small myelinated and non-myelinated fibers recognizable as a distinct portion of the n. intermedius of Wrisberg just proximal to the geniculate ganglion. This bundle passes directly into the greater superficial petrosal nerve without interruption in the ganglion. Further along the nerve, a distinct bundle of fibers passes from the greater superficial petrosal to the plexus of nerves on the internal carotid. There is a constant small ganglion here with scattered ganglion cells in the anastomosis. Small nerve endings resembling motor end plates are found on the intracerebral arteries, suggesting that they, too, may be capable of the contraction and dilatation which can be demonstrated by direct observation only in the case of the pial arteries. When both greater superficial petrosal and sympathetic nerves are removed, the pial and intracerebral vessels are still richly supplied with normal nerve fibers. It becomes evident, therefore, that it is impossible to denervate the cerebral vessels by removing both sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation.