Neural reflex pathway between cervical spinal and sympathetic ganglia in rabbits: implication for pathogenesis of cervical vertigo

Zuo, Jianjun; Han, Jianlong; Qiu, Shui; Luan, Fanghai; Zhu, Xinwei; Gao, Haoyuan; Chen, Anmin

doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2013.11.031

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“…Innervation in cervical disc is analogous to that in the lumbar spine, receiving innervation posteriorly from the sinuvetebral nerves, laterally from the vertebral nerve, and anteriorly from the sympathetic trunks. 23 Recently, an animal study 24 revealed a reciprocal neural connection between cervical spinal and sympathetic ganglia. It seems likely that stimulation of sympathetic nerve fibers in the pathologically degenerative disc and surrounding tissues produce sympathetic excitation, and induce a sympathetic reflex to cause vertebrobasilar insufficiency and hypertension.…”

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Cervical Spondylosis and Hypertension

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Pang

et al. 2015

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Cervical spondylosis and hypertension are all common diseases, but the relationship between them has never been studied. Patients with cervical spondylosis are often accompanied with vertigo. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion is an effective method of treatment for cervical spondylosis with cervical vertigo that is unresponsive to conservative therapy. We report 2 patients of cervical spondylosis with concomitant cervical vertigo and hypertension who were treated successfully with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. Stimulation of sympathetic nerve fibers in pathologically degenerative disc could produce sympathetic excitation, and induce a sympathetic reflex to cause cervical vertigo and hypertension. In addition, chronic neck pain could contribute to hypertension development through sympathetic arousal and failure of normal homeostatic pain regulatory mechanisms.Cervical spondylosis may be one of the causes of secondary hypertension. Early treatment for resolution of symptoms of cervical spondylosis may have a beneficial impact on cardiovascular disease risk in patients with cervical spondylosis.

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Cervical Spondylosis and Hypertension

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Pang

et al. 2015

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“…And neurons, axons, and hair cells in the vestibulocochlear system are known to respond to ischemia by depolarizing, causing transient hyperexcitability with ectopic discharges, manifesting as tinnitus, vertigo, and dizziness. The most common causes of VBI are atherosclerotic stenosis or thromboemboli, but extrinsic compression by bony structures and soft tissues has also been described (53). The vertigo caused by reversible stenosis or obstruction of the dominant vertebral artery at the atlantoaxial level upon head rotation is called "rotational vertebral artery vertigo."…”

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“…Mechanical compression of bow-hunter syndrome can be induced by transverse foraminal stenosis, cervical osteophytes, fibrous bands, and other degenerative processes including cervical motion segment instability (64). Recently, Sarkar et al (53) reviewed the published literature and found that bow-hunter syndrome had often been reported at the C1-2 level, and the majority of cases occur in patients of older than 50 years because of degenerative osteophytes and contralateral atherosclerosis. Similar to bow-hunter syndrome, in 1992 Weintraub (65) reported 2 cases with cervical vertigo that occurred after shampoo treatment in a hairdressing salon and first named "beauty parlor stroke syndrome".…”

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confidence: 99%