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Efferent Vagal Nerve Stimulation Attenuates Gut Barrier Injury After Burn: Modulation of Intestinal Occludin Expression

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2010

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Todd W. Costantini, Vishal Bansal, Carrie Y. Peterson, William Loomis, James G. Putnam, Fermin Rankin, Brian P. Eliceiri, Andrew Baird, Raúl Coimbra
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care

Abstract

Vagal nerve stimulation performed before injury improves intestinal barrier integrity after severe burn through an efferent signaling pathway and is associated with improved tight junction protein expression.

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