Role of degenerated neuron density of dorsal root ganglion on anterior spinal artery vasospasm in subarachnoid hemorrhage: experimental study

KANAT A., Yilmaz A., Aydin M. D., Musluman M., Altas S., Gursan N.

ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA, vol.152, no.12, pp.2167-2172, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 152 Issue: 12
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00701-010-0793-4
  • Journal Name: ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.2167-2172
  • Keywords: C3DRG, Neuron density, ASA, Vasospasm, CEREBRAL-BLOOD-FLOW, STEREOLOGICAL METHODS, ARBITRARY PARTICLES, ANEURYSM SURGERY, DISC SURGERY, RAT, NUMBER, INNERVATION, APOPTOSIS, AXOTOMY
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The spinal arteries are innervated by several systems that contribute to the control of spinal cord blood flow. The sensory fibers of upper cervical nerves have vasodilatatory effect on the anterior spinal arteries (ASA). Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) causes severe vasospasm by various neurochemical mechanisms. We examined whether there is a relationship between the neuron density of the C3 dorsal root ganglion and the severity of ASA vasospasm in SAH.