The receptive field for visceral pain referred orofacially by the vagus nerves

• Published in: Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 24 - 29
• Main Author: Myers, Daniel E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.01.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Abdomen; Abdominal diseases; anatomy; Animals; Aorta; Case reports; Coronary artery; Dissection; Head and neck; Heart diseases; Jaw; medicine; Nerves; neuroanatomy; Neuromodulation; orofacial pain; otalgia; Pain; Pain perception; Receptive field; referred pain; Thorax; vagus; Vagus nerve; visceral pain; orofacial pain; otalgia; visceral pain; anatomy; vagus; medicine; neuroanatomy; referred pain

Background The nociceptive receptive field of the vagus nerves in animals includes virtually the entire thoracic, abdominal and laryngopharyngeal regions. However, the role of the vagus nerves in the transmission of visceral pain in humans, with the exception of pain from coronary artery diseases, i...