[Ultrastructure of nodose ganglia of the vagus nerve in burns].

Ultrastructural changes of neurons of vagus nodal ganglia on section material of 30 dead persons in different periods of burn disease aged from 14 to 75 have been studied. Examination of the state of the nodal ganglia in different periods of burn disease showed ultrastructural changes in neurons, glial cells, blood capillary endotheliocytes, mitochondria, endoplasmatic net nuclei and cell membranes. The most marked destructive changes were seen in patients who died in late term of burn disease.