Single-Pulse and Unidirectional Electrical Activation of the Cervical Vagus Nerve Reduces Tumor Necrosis Factor in Endotoxemia

Bioelectronic Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 37-42

  Olofsson, Peder S ^a,b   Levine, Yaakov A ^c   Caravaca, April ^c   Chavan, Sangeeta S ^a   Pavlov, Valentin A ^a   Faltys, Michael ^c   Tracey, Kevin J ^a,d  

^a FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Setpoint Medical Corporation   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor; Cervical Vagus; Inflammatory Reflex; Vagaries; Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIBERS; MACROPHAGES; T-CELLS;

ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; ALPHA7 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; CERVICAL VAGUS; INFLAMMATORY REFLEX; NERVE STIMULATION; NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE; SINGLE PULSE; VAGARY; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

RATS;

EID: 84947485127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23328886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15424/bioelectronmed.2015.00006     Document Type: Article

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