title: Viscero-somatic and viscero-visceral reflexes in brain death.
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.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001926:Brain Death; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000294:innervation; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000294:innervation; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin