Vulpian-Heidenhain-Sherrington phenomenon

Vulpian-Heidenhain-Sherrington phenomenon

Vulpian-Heidenhain-Sherrington phenomenon is a term given for slow contraction of denervated skeletal muscle stimulating the autonomic cholinergic fibers innervating its blood vessels. It is named after French neurologist Alfred Vulpian (1826-1887), German physiologist Rudolf Heidenhain (1834-1897) and English neurophysiologist Charles Scott Sherrington (1857-1952).

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* [http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=2004;volume=50;issue=3;spage=238;epage=239;aulast=Kusurkar Definition from the Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, Sir Charles Sherrington]


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