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

Kazumasa Oura; Hiroshi Akasaka; Naoki Ishizuka; Yuriko Sato; Masahiro Kudo; Takashi Yamaguchi; Mao Yamaguchi Oura; Ryo Itabashi; Tetsuya Maeda

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0280661

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

Kazumasa Oura ,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: koura@iwate-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Neurology and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Shiwa-Gun, Yahaba-Cho, Iwate, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2693-7585

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Hiroshi Akasaka,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software

Affiliation Division of Neurology and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Shiwa-Gun, Yahaba-Cho, Iwate, Japan
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Naoki Ishizuka,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Division of Neurology and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Shiwa-Gun, Yahaba-Cho, Iwate, Japan
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Yuriko Sato,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Division of Neurology and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Shiwa-Gun, Yahaba-Cho, Iwate, Japan
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Masahiro Kudo,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Division of Neurology and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Shiwa-Gun, Yahaba-Cho, Iwate, Japan
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Takashi Yamaguchi,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Division of Neurology and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Shiwa-Gun, Yahaba-Cho, Iwate, Japan
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Mao Yamaguchi Oura,

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Neurology and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Shiwa-Gun, Yahaba-Cho, Iwate, Japan
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Ryo Itabashi,

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Neurology and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Shiwa-Gun, Yahaba-Cho, Iwate, Japan
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Tetsuya Maeda

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Neurology and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Shiwa-Gun, Yahaba-Cho, Iwate, Japan
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Ultrasound evaluation of vagus nerve cross-sectional area in a community-dwelling elderly Japanese cohort

Kazumasa Oura,
Hiroshi Akasaka,
Naoki Ishizuka,
Yuriko Sato,
Masahiro Kudo,
Takashi Yamaguchi,
Mao Yamaguchi Oura,
Ryo Itabashi,
Tetsuya Maeda

Published: May 18, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280661

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