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. 1986 Jun;49(6):695-8.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.49.6.695.

Viscero-somatic and viscero-visceral reflexes in brain death

F Conci, F Procaccio, M Arosio, L Boselli

Viscero-somatic and viscero-visceral reflexes in brain death

F Conci et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1986 Jun.

Abstract

Little is known about spinal visceral reflexes in brain-dead man, although they have been described in experimental animals. In 1983, 25 brain-dead individuals were observed during donor nephrectomy. It was confirmed that some of these donors, without higher centre modulation and not under significant pharmacological influence, had viscero-somatic motor reflexes and viscero-visceral cardiovascular reflexes.

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