Decreased neuroinflammation correlates to higher vagus nerve activity fluctuations in near-term ovine fetuses: A case for the afferent cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway?

Journal of Neuroinflammation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Frasch, M G ^a,b,c,d   Szynkaruk, M ^c   Prout, A P ^c   Nygard, K ^c   Cao, M ^a   Veldhuizen, R ^c   Hammond, R ^c   Richardson, B S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CHRNA7; Fetus; HMGB1; HRV; Labor; Microglia; RMSSD; Vagus

Indexed keywords

55 KDA C FOS PROTEIN; 62 KDA C FOS PROTEIN; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; IONIZED CALCIUM BINDING ADAPTOR MOLECULE 1; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN C FOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AIF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ACIDEMIA; ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CHOLINERGIC ANTIINFLAMMATORY PATHWAY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOSOL; FETUS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROGLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; ROOT MEAN SQUARE OF SUCCESSIVE DIFFERENCES; SHEEP; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; UMBILICAL CORD OCCLUSION; UMBILICAL MALFORMATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MODEL; EMBRYOLOGY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FETAL HYPOXIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART RATE; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VAGUS NERVE;

ALPHA7 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FETAL HYPOXIA; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART RATE; HMGB1 PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MICROGLIA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SHEEP; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84977511304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17422094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12974-016-0567-x     Document Type: Article

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