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Is-there a place for vagus nerve stimulation in inflammatory bowel diseases?
The vagus nerve (VN), the longest nerve of the organism that innervates the gastrointestinal tract, is a mixed nerve composed of 80% of afferent and 20% of efferent fibers. The VN has anti-inflammatory properties, in particular an anti-TNFα effect through the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway. T...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7098256/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32232080 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42234-018-0004-9 |