Guo Y P, McLeod J G, Baverstock J
Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Clin Exp Neurol. 1987;24:123-7.
Morphometric studies have been performed on the vagus nerve removed at autopsy from control subjects and from patients with diabetes and chronic alcoholism. In all diabetic and chronic alcoholic subjects there was significant reduction in the density of myelinated fibres at the most distal level of the nerve. Degenerative changes in the nerve are consistent with the findings of abnormal vagal function in diabetics and chronic alcoholics.
已对从对照受试者以及糖尿病和慢性酒精中毒患者尸体解剖中取出的迷走神经进行了形态计量学研究。在所有糖尿病和慢性酒精中毒受试者中，神经最远端水平的有髓纤维密度显著降低。神经的退行性变化与糖尿病患者和慢性酒精中毒患者迷走神经功能异常的发现一致。
