Vagus Nerve Stimulation Reduces Body Weight and Fat Mass in Rats

Among the manifold effects of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) delivered as an add-on treatment to patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, a moderate loss of body weight has been observed in some individuals. We have now investigated this effect in rats. Exposure of rats to VNS for 4 weeks reduced feed...

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Autores principales: Banni, Sebastiano, Carta, Gianfranca, Murru, Elisabetta, Cordeddu, Lina, Giordano, Elena, Marrosu, Francesco, Puligheddu, Monica, Floris, Gabriele, Asuni, Gino Paolo, Cappai, Angela Letizia, Deriu, Silvia, Follesa, Paolo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3460935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23028630
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044813

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3460935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23028630
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044813

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