Marco Antônio Peliky Fontes, Liliane Ramos Dos Santos Machado, Ana Clara Rocha Viana, Matheus Henrique Cruz, Ícaro Santos Nogueira, Marcela Gondim Lima Oliveira, Christiane Braga Neves, Ana Caroline Ventris Godoy, Luke A Henderson, Vaughan G Macefield
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Abstract
Purpose: Evidence from animal and human studies demonstrates that cortical regions play a key role in autonomic modulation with a differential role for some brain regions located in the left and right brain hemispheres. Known as autonomic asymmetry, this phenomenon has been demonstrated by clinical observations, by experimental models, and currently by combined neuroimaging and direct recordings of sympathetic nerve activity. Previous studies report peculiar autonomic-mediated cardiovascular alterations following unilateral damage to the left or right insula, a multifunctional key cortical region involved in emotional processing linked to autonomic cardiovascular control and featuring asymmetric characteristics.
Methods: Based on clinical studies reporting specific damage to the insular cortex, this review aims to provide an overview of the prognostic significance of unilateral (left or right hemisphere) post-insular stroke cardiac alterations. In addition, we review experimental data aiming to unravel the central mechanisms involved in post-insular stroke cardiovascular complications.
Results and conclusion: Current clinical and experimental data suggest that stroke of the right insula can present a worse cardiovascular prognosis.
期刊介绍:
Clinical Autonomic Research aims to draw together and disseminate research work from various disciplines and specialties dealing with clinical problems resulting from autonomic dysfunction. Areas to be covered include: cardiovascular system, neurology, diabetes, endocrinology, urology, pain disorders, ophthalmology, gastroenterology, toxicology and clinical pharmacology, skin infectious diseases, renal disease.
This journal is an essential source of new information for everyone working in areas involving the autonomic nervous system. A major feature of Clinical Autonomic Research is its speed of publication coupled with the highest refereeing standards.