Ventricular tachycardia. Ventricular tachycardia (V-tach or VT) is a type of regular and fast heart rate that arises from improper electrical activity in the ventricles of the heart. Although a few seconds may not result in problems, longer periods are dangerous. Short periods may occur without symptoms or present with lightheadedness, palpitations, or chest pain.
The midbrain tegmentum contains thousands of neurons that are responsible for a variety of many functions, two of which include the control of movement and sensory systems. See also
connects the cerebellum to the brain stem and is involved with somatic and visceral motor control; contains: sensory and motor nuclei for 4 cranial nerves, nuclei concerned with involuntary control of respiration, nuclei that process and relay cerebellar commands arriving over the middle cerebellar peduncles; ascending, descending and transverse ...