"Phrenic Nerve" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The motor nerve of the diaphragm. The phrenic nerve fibers originate in the cervical spinal column (mostly C4) and travel through the cervical plexus to the diaphragm.
| Descriptor ID |
D010791
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.800.720.150.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Phrenic Nerve- Phrenic Nerve
- Nerve, Phrenic
- Nerves, Phrenic
- Phrenic Nerves
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Phrenic Nerve" by people in Profiles.
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Respiratory neuropathology in spinocerebellar ataxia type 7. JCI Insight. 2024 Jul 18; 9(18).
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Respiratory pathology in the Optn-/- mouse model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2020 11; 282:103525.
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Motor axonopathies in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Sci Rep. 2020 06 02; 10(1):8967.
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A ferromagnetic surgical system reduces phrenic nerve injury in redo congenital cardiac surgery. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2017 05 01; 24(5):802-803.
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Ablation of Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia: A Systematic Review of the Literature. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2017 03; 3(3):253-265.
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Ultrasound-Guided Phrenic Nerve Block for Intractable Hiccups following Placement of Esophageal Stent for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Pain Physician. 2016 05; 19(4):E653-6.
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Strategies for phrenic nerve preservation during ablation of inappropriate sinus tachycardia. Heart Rhythm. 2016 06; 13(6):1238-1245.
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Neurofibromas of the Phrenic Nerve: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. World Neurosurg. 2016 Apr; 88:237-242.
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Robotic phrenic nerve harvest: a feasibility study in a pig model. Chir Main. 2014 Oct; 33(5):356-60.
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Diaphragmatic pacing and protocol with locked-in syndrome. PM R. 2012 Feb; 4(2):152-3.