Physiological and morphological effects of long-term vagal stimulation in diet induced obesity in rats

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages 61-66

  Gil, Krzysztof ^a   Bugajski, A ^a   Kurnik, M ^a   Zaraska, W ^b   Thor, P ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b Department of Micro and Nanotechnology of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors   (Poland)

Author keywords

Body weight; Fat pad; Food intake; Interstitial cells of cajal; Mast cells; Myenteric plexus; Nodose ganglion; Obesity; Vagal nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DUODENUM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIDIDYMIS FAT; FOOD INTAKE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTESTINE MUSCLE; INTESTINE WALL; LIPID DIET; MALE; MAST CELL; MUCOSA; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; NODOSE GANGLION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SEROSA; STOMACH; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APPETITE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY FATS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENERGY INTAKE; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; MALE; MAST CELLS; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS; NODOSE GANGLION; OBESITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 74549210547     PISSN: 08675910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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