"Thoracic Nerves" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The twelve spinal nerves on each side of the thorax. They include eleven INTERCOSTAL NERVES and one subcostal nerve. Both sensory and motor, they supply the muscles and skin of the thoracic and abdominal walls.
| Descriptor ID |
D013900
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.800.720.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Thoracic Nerves- Thoracic Nerves
- Nerve, Thoracic
- Nerves, Thoracic
- Thoracic Nerve
Pectoral Nerves- Pectoral Nerves
- Nerve, Pectoral
- Nerves, Pectoral
- Pectoral Nerve
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thoracic Nerves" by people in Profiles.
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Heterogenous patterns of sensory dysfunction in postherpetic neuralgia suggest multiple pathophysiologic mechanisms. Anesthesiology. 2000 Mar; 92(3):691-8.
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Effects of coronary artery occlusion on thoracic spinal neurons receiving viscerosomatic inputs. Am J Physiol. 1980 May; 238(5):H667-74.
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Viscerosomatic convergence onto spinal neurons responding to afferent fibers located in the inferior cardiac nerv. Brain Res. 1977 Nov 25; 137(1):164-8.
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Responses of the canine heart to stimulation of the first five ventral thoracic roots. Am J Physiol. 1974 Jul; 227(1):9-12.