Erschienen in:
08.07.2022 | Letter to the Editor
Skin rush in brainstem cavernous malformation: an infrequent manifestation of autonomic dysfunction
verfasst von:
Miguel Ángel Molina Gutiérrez, Marina Andrés Martínez, Cristina Utrilla Contreras, Javier Manuel Saceda Gutiérrez
Erschienen in:
Acta Neurologica Belgica
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Ausgabe 2/2023
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Excerpt
The central autonomic network (CAN) is a group of interconnected areas between the telencephalon and diencephalon, where the brain controls visceromotor, neuroendocrine, pain, and behavioral responses essential for survival [
1]. The CAN involves multiple supratentorial areas, such as the prefrontal and insular cortex, the stria terminalis and amygdala, and the hypothalamus. It also includes certain infratentorial areas such as the periaqueductal gray matter, the region of the parabrachial nucleus of Kölliker–Fuse in the pons, and particularly some essential nuclei in the medulla oblongata, considered the most crucial region of the CAN [
2]. …