Electric stimulation of the vagus nerve reduced mouse neuroinflammation induced by lipopolysaccharide

• Main Authors: G. Meneses (Author), M. Bautista (Author), A. Florentino (Author), G. Díaz (Author), G. Acero (Author), H. Besedovsky (Author), D. Meneses (Author), A. Fleury (Author), A. Del Rey (Author), G. Gevorkian (Author), G. Fragoso (Author), E. Sciutto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Neuroinflammation (NI) is a key feature in the pathogenesis and progression of infectious and non-infectious neuropathologies, and its amelioration usually improves the patient outcome. Peripheral inflammation may promote NI through microglia and astrocytes activation, an increas...