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

Kazumasa OuraHiroshi AkasakaNaoki IshizukaYuriko SatoMasahiro KudoTakashi YamaguchiMao Yamaguchi OuraRyo ItabashiTetsuya Maeda

Published in: PloS one (2023)

We have reported reference VN CSA values for community-dwelling elderly Japanese individuals. In addition, we showed that the CSA of the VN was positively associated with a history of head injury and BMI and inversely associated with current smoking habit.

Keyphrases

community dwelling
cross sectional
magnetic resonance imaging
body mass index
smoking cessation
optic nerve
physical activity
peripheral nerve
computed tomography
contrast enhanced ultrasound