Ultrasound evaluation of vagus nerve cross-sectional area in a community-dwelling elderly Japanese cohort.

<h4>Objectives</h4>Although the vagus nerve (VN) is easily observed by ultrasonography, few studies have evaluated the cross-sectional area (CSA) of the VN in healthy older individuals from East Asia. In this study, we aimed to report reference values for the CSA of the VN in community-d...

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Main Authors: Kazumasa Oura, Hiroshi Akasaka, Naoki Ishizuka, Yuriko Sato, Masahiro Kudo, Takashi Yamaguchi, Mao Yamaguchi Oura, Ryo Itabashi, Tetsuya Maeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280661