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Nogier Reflex: Physiological and Experimental Results in Auricular Medicine-A New Hypothesis
Gerhard Litscher1, Theodoros Yannacopoulos2, Peter Kreisl3
1Research Unit for Complementary and Integrative Laser Medicine, Research Unit of Biomedical Engineering in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, and TCM Research Center Graz, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 39, EG19, 8036 Graz, Austria. gerhard.litscher@medunigraz.at.
Abstract:
This editorial describes a new hypothesis concerning the nature and possible mechanisms of the Nogier reflex or reflex auriculo-cardiac (RAC; also vascular autonomic signal VAS). A multimodal concept for future RAC research is proposed.
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