The respiratory tree receives sensory innervation from the jugular and nodose vagal sensory ganglia. Neurons of these ganglia are derived from embryologically distinct origins and as such demonstrate differing molecular, neurochemical and physiological phenotypes. Furthermore, whereas nodose afferent neurons project to the nucleus of the solitary tract (nTS), recent neuroanatomical studies in r...

Venous reflux in the internal jugular vein branches (JB) was found frequently in patients of certain neurologic disorders. We hypothesized that the retrograde-flow in JB is associated with retrograde hypertension transmitted from the internal jugular vein (IJV), which presumably underlies those neurologic disorders. In this study, we used color-Doppler imaging to evaluate the dynamic venous flo...

abstract: introduction & objective: awareness of invasion of the walls of the cervical vessels by tumor is of great clinical importance before surgery. this study was designed to assess the diagnostic worth of computed tomography (ct) in distinguishing jugular vein (jv) invasion by oral –maxillofascial and neck malignant tumors. material & methods: ct with contrast was performed on 46 patients ...

True and false aneurysmas (pseudoaneurysmas) of veins are very rare conditions. We present the case of a 58 year old woman with a progressive spheric enlargement with pusatile character of the right laterocervical area. Ultrasonography established the diagnosis showing the vascular mass with turbulent flow belonging to the external jugular vein and the communication with the internal jugular ve...

An unusual case of internal jugular vein thrombosis is reported. A 73-year-old woman complained of swelling and pain in the left neck. Computed tomography with contrast enhancement and angiography demonstrated the characteristic features of the left internal jugular vein thrombosis. The patient's neck swelling subsided after antibiotic therapy. The literature of internal jugular vein thrombosis...

Axial T1-weighted spin-echo MR images have not proved to be effective in identifying normal structures in the jugular foramen. By correlating cryomicrotomic sections and axial T1-weighted gradient recalled echo images, we identified the neural and vascular contents of the jugular foramen. Further work with gradient recalled echo images is needed to determine the signal characteristics of jugula...