Vagus nerve stimulation attenuates cerebral ischemia and reperfusion injury via endogenous cholinergic pathway in rat.

Jiang, Ying

Vagus nerve stimulation attenuates cerebral ischemia and reperfusion injury via endogenous cholinergic pathway in rat. [electronic resource] - PloS one 2014 - e102342 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1932-6203

10.1371/journal.pone.0102342 doi


Acetylcholine--metabolism
Animals
Apoptosis
Brain Ischemia--complications
Cerebrovascular Circulation
Cytokines--metabolism
Gene Expression Regulation
Male
Microglia--metabolism
Neurons--pathology
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt--metabolism
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Reperfusion Injury--metabolism
Signal Transduction
Vagus Nerve Stimulation
alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor--metabolism