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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Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23028630/?tool=EBI

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