On the development of the nerves to the mammalian heart

Shaner, Ralph F.

doi:10.1002/ar.1090460103

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“…Developmental studies also seem to support the above hypothesis (Fernoholm 1971;Gomez 1958;His 1897;Kuntz 1946;Mitchell 1953;Pick 1970;Sharner 1930;Verberne et al 1999). According to these earlier studies, the sympathetic trunk was initially generated in the thoracolumbar region.…”

Section: Sympathetic Gangliamentioning

confidence: 81%

The autonomic nervous system of the human heart with special reference to its origin, course, and peripheral distribution

2005

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A submacroscopic anatomical investigation of the entire autonomic cardiac nervous system, from origin to peripheral distribution, was performed by examining 36 sides of 18 adult human cadavers under a stereomicroscope. The following new results and points of discussion were obtained: (1) The superior cervical, the middle cervical, the vertebral, and the cervicothoracic (stellate) ganglia, composed of the inferior cervical and 1st thoracic ganglia, were mostly consistent among the specimens. (2) The superior, middle, and inferior cardiac nerves innervated the heart by simply following the descent of the great arteries. In contrast, the thoracic cardiac nerve in the posterior mediastinum followed a complex course because of the long distance to the middle mediastinum. (3) The actual course of the right thoracic cardiac nerve differed from that of the previous descriptions in that it ascended obliquely or ran transversely to the vertebrae, regardless of the intercostal vessels. Regarding the right thoracic cardiac nerve, two descending courses were observed: the descent of the right thoracic cardiac nerve via the azygos vein and right venous porta, and the descent of the recurrent right thoracic cardiac nerve via the aorta. (4) The cranial cardiac nerve and branch tended to distribute into the heart medially, and the caudal cardiac nerve and branch tended to distribute into the heart laterally. (5) The mixing positions (cardiac plexus) of the sympathetic cardiac nerve and the vagal cardiac branch, as well as the definitive morphology of brachial arteries with the recurrent laryngeal nerves, tended to differ on both sides. These new and detailed anatomical descriptions of the human autonomic cardiac nervous system may provide important clues regarding the morphogenesis of autonomic cardiac nerves in addition to contributing to the improvement of cardiac surgery.

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The autonomic nervous system of the human heart with special reference to its origin, course, and peripheral distribution

2005

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“…The morphology of the sinal nerve in the chick embryo differs from that in other vertebrates, where the nerves arise as a pair of branches from each of the vagal nerve trunks and pass along the medial surface of the v. cardinalis anterior and the Cuvierian duct (Shaner 1930;Hirakow and Miki 1971). In chick development also the vagus nerve passes caudally along with the anterior cardinal vein in its proximal part, but the right and left vagal nerve trunks soon unite caudal to the pulmonary artery.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…This ganglion originates from one of the epibranchial placodes, the nodose placode (Narayanan and Narayanan 1980;D'Amico-Martel and Noden 1983). The morphology of vagal branches has been worked out in several vertebrate species or their embryos (His 1891;Shaner 1930;Hirakow and Miki 1971). As noted above, the findings of these authors have to be reconsidered in terms of the embryology of the pharyngeal arch system, especially of the vagal neural crest migration.…”

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Peripheral development of the avian vagus nerve with special reference to the morphological innervation of heart and lung

Kuratani

Tanaka

1990

Anat Embryol

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The development of the cardio-pulmonary innervation was studied in whole-mount specimens of chick embryos stained with the anti-neurofilament protein (NFP) antibody. From the morphological point of view, vagal branches could be classified into two categories, i.e., the branchial branches primarily related to the pharyngeal arches, and intestinal arborization derivatives which are associated primarily with the primitive gut. The former consisted of the superior cardiac branch innervating the truncus arteriosus of the heart, and the latter, the sinal branch, pulmonary branches as well as recurrent nerve and the other intestinal branches. The superior cardiac branch at first develops as a pair of branchial branches which passes into the truncus arteriosus at stage 25, and later rotates along the aortic arch 6, thus making an asymmetrical configuration by stage 27. The sinal branch is a medial branch which first develops at stage 24. It arises from the junction of each intestinal arborization in close association with the pulmonary branch.

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“…Experimental and developmental studies of the autonomic cardiac nervous system have also been conducted in animals such as the mouse, rat, rabbit, chick, and dog (Armour et al, 1972;Benítez et al, 1959;Brack et al, 2011;Gomez, 1958;Haws and Burgess, 1978;Hildreth et al, 2008Hildreth et al, , 2009Kirby et al, 1980;Kuratani et al, 1991;Kuratani and Tanaka, 1990;Levy et al, 1966;Mabe and Hoover, 2011;Meyer et al, 2010;Mizeres, 1955Mizeres, , 1957Mizeres, , 1958Mizuno et al, 2010;Oliveira et al, 2010;Roberts, 1991;Schwartz, 2010;Scherlag et al, 2011;Shaner, 1930;Shoba and Tay, 2000;Uchida et al, 2010;Verberne et al, 1998). However, huge differences in the cardiac nervous system between humans and the experimental animals have been recognized (Batulevicius et al, 2003;Brugnaro et al, 2003;Kawashima, 2011;McKibben and Getty, 1968;Rysevaite et al, 2011;Pauza et al, 2002a,b).…”

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confidence: 99%

Systematic and comparative morphologies of the extrinsic cardiac nervous system in lemurs (Primates: Strepsirrhini: Infraorder Lemuriformes, Gray, 1821) with evolutionary morphological implications

Kawashima

Thorington

Sato

2013

Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology

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On the development of the nerves to the mammalian heart

Cited by 18 publications

References 5 publications

The autonomic nervous system of the human heart with special reference to its origin, course, and peripheral distribution

The autonomic nervous system of the human heart with special reference to its origin, course, and peripheral distribution

Peripheral development of the avian vagus nerve with special reference to the morphological innervation of heart and lung

Systematic and comparative morphologies of the extrinsic cardiac nervous system in lemurs (Primates: Strepsirrhini: Infraorder Lemuriformes, Gray, 1821) with evolutionary morphological implications

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