Vagus nerve stimulation reduces body weight and fat mass in rats.

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: Sebastiano Banni, Gianfranca Carta, Elisabetta Murru, Lina Cordeddu, Elena Giordano, Francesco Marrosu, Monica Puligheddu, Gabriele Floris, Gino Paolo Asuni, Angela Letizia Cappai, Silvia Deriu, Paolo Follesa
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/da0f8e666d7c4d679fe0b76b17350dcd
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