Abstract:Background: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has recently been introduced as a nonpharmacological therapy for disease characterized by an exacerbated immune response, with clinical trials demonstrating its efficacy for autoimmunity and sepsis by reducing inflammatory proteins and improving disease scores. To date, much of these anti-inflammatory effects have been attributed to vagal efferent (motor) signaling in a mechanism referred to as the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway (CAIP). Recent studies from our l… Show more
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