The Carotid Sinus Nerve and the First English Translation of Hering's Original Research on this Nerve.

Cureus. 2019 Jan 16;11(1):e3898. doi: 10.7759/cureus.3898.

Shoja MM, Rai R, Lachkar S, Iboroma Akobo S, Yilmaz E, Loukas M, Binello E, Gorjaian M, Griessenauer CJ, Iwanaga J, Tubbs RS.

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Abstract

This paper provides a brief depiction of the life and achievements of the most iconic experiments of Heinrich Ewald Hering. The authors herein have presented a translation of his paper on the carotid sinus nerve in English; the original paper by Heinrich Ewald Hering, titled "Ueber die Wand des Sinus caroticus als Reizempfänger und den Sinusnerv als zentripetale Bahn für die Sinusreflexe" (1924), provides a detailed account of his experimental process and findings. He recognized that the sinus reflexes are mediated by a branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX).

KEYWORDS:

baroreceptors; carotid sinus nerve; glossopharyngeal nerve; historical; vagus nerve

Figure 1

A sketch of Heinrich Ewald Hering by Salva M. Shoja

Figure 2

A schematic drawing of the carotid sinus nerve