Nerves and vessels often run parallel to one another, a phenomenon that reflects their functional interdependency. Previous studies have suggested that neurovascular congruency in planar tissues such as skin is established through a "one-patterns-the-other" model, in which either the nervous system or the vascular system precedes developmentally and then instructs the other system to form using...

Neurovascular coupling is extensively studied in brain. However, much less is known about the neurovascular coupling in retina. Recently, we have observed that electrical field stimulation (EFS) of bovine retinal arteries surrounded by adherent retinal tissue elicits a rapid and reversible vasorelaxation. This can be due to the presence of retinal tissue. To confirm this hypothesis, we repeated...

The neurovascular bundle of the prostate and cavernosal nerves have been used to describe the same structure ever since the publication of the first studies on the neuroanatomy of the lower urogenital tract of men, studies that were prompted by postoperative complications arising from radical prostatectomy. In urological surgery every effort is made to preserve or restore the neurovascular bund...

Moment-to-moment adjustment of cerebral blood flow (CBF) via neurovascular coupling has an essential role in maintenance of healthy cognitive function. In advanced age, increased oxidative stress and cerebromicrovascular endothelial dysfunction impair neurovascular coupling, likely contributing to age-related decline of higher cortical functions. There is increasing evidence showing that mitoch...

Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is one of the most controversial subjects in entrapment neuropathies. Views differ regarding the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management of TOS. Some authorities even question its existence. In spite of lack of understanding of the disease, clinicians often encounter patients whose pain or neurologic deficits in the upper limb cannot be explained after ruling out ...

Although nervous and vascular systems are functionally different, they usually share similar mechanisms for function maintenance. Neurovascular dysfunction has became the pathogenesis of several vascular and nervous disorders. Here we show that long non-coding RNA-MIAT is aberrantly expressed under neurovascular dysfunction condition. MIAT is shown as a regulator of vascular dysfunction, includ...

The vascular and the nervous system are responsible for oxygen, nutrient, and information transfer and thereby constitute highly important communication systems in higher organisms. These functional similarities are reflected at the anatomical, cellular, and molecular levels, where common developmental principles and mutual crosstalks have evolved to coordinate their action. This resemblance of...

The operative findings and outcomes of neurovascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia were compared between patients aged 75 years and older (elderly group, 17 patients) and patients aged under 75 years (nonelderly group, 115 patients). There were no statistically significant differences in the operative findings or outcomes between the two groups, except in the percentage of patients who...

Introduction. Trigeminal neuralgia is a fairly rare disease manifested by acute paroxysmal pain of the type electric shock in innervation zone one or more branches trigeminal nerve. usually sporadic, but familial cases have also been described. The study can help understanding causes and mechanisms development neuralgia. We present series 4 families which 2 family members generation suffered fr...