title: Reply to the editor-does the cervical vagus contain sympathetic fibers that act on the heart?
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address: ASeki@mednet.ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.affiliation: Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.
authors.forename: Peng-Sheng
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fishbein
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000473:pathology*; D017783:Superior Cervical Ganglion / Q000473:pathology*; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000473:pathology*