no code implementations • 19 Dec 2022 • Marc Courchesne, Colin Wakefield, Karen Nygard, Patrick Burns, Gilles Fecteau, Andre Desrochers, Mingju Cao, Martin G. Frasch
The efferent and afferent effects of the vagus nerve on the developing brain have remained enigmatic.
no code implementations • 27 Mar 2022 • Mingju Cao, Shikha Kuthiala, Keven Jason Jean, Hai Lun Liu, Marc Courchesne, Karen Nygard, Patrick Burns, André Desrochers, Gilles Fecteau, Christophe Faure, Martin G. Frasch
Under conditions of moderate fetal inflammation, this is related to higher levels of gut inflammation; the efferent VNS reduces the systemic inflammatory response as well as restores both the levels of glucose and terminal ileum inflammation, but not the insulin levels.