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The vagus nerve in thermoregulation and energy metabolism

Székely, Miklós·2000·Autonomic Neuroscience

Abstract

The vagus nerve may indirectly influence thermoregulation by modulation of energy balance: its afferent fibers convey signals that represent information on feeding state, resulting in either depression or stimulation of metabolic processes. A regulated metabolic depression can be detected in the background of fasting-induced hypometabolism and hypothermia. In its development (besides humoral signals) vagally transmitted neural signals of gastrointestinal and hepatoportal origin are important. These signals are related to hunger, to decrease of mechanical/chemical stimuli from the gut, to decline of blood glucose; they alter discharge rates of vagal afferents and activity of the nucleus of the solitary tract, eliciting inhibition of metabolic rate and enhancement of food intake. In this hunger-related metabolic inhibition the nucleus of the solitary tract is in interaction with hypothalamic nuclei, that contribute to neuropeptide changes characterized by high neuropeptide Y activity (with energy-conserving type of regulation) and depressed cholecystokinin and corticotropin releasing hormone activities (with depressed energy-expenditure). In postalimentary states the hypermetabolism and hyperthermia are due to opposite changes in metabolic regulation. Satiety-related stimulatory signals of abdominal origin, transmitted via hepatic vagal afferents to the nucleus of the solitary tract, contribute to enhancement of sympathetic activity and stress-responsiveness, leading to hypermetabolism and hyperthermia. Depressed neuropeptide Y release and enhanced cholecystokinin and corticotropin releasing hormone activities participate in the central regulatory changes, and in the high energy-expenditure. The biological role of these vagal functions is not directly the regulation of body temperature, rather the regulation of energy balance and energy content in the body.

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Authors
Székely, M.
Affiliations
University of Pecs (HU)
Corresponding author
Székely, Miklós
Venue
Autonomic Neuroscience
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2000-12
Volume
85
Issue
1-3
Pages
26-38
ISSN
1566-0702 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2077899276
Cited by
84
References
121
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Autonomic Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
Keywords
vagus nerve, thermoregulation, energy metabolism, energy balance, vagal afferents, nucleus tractus solitarius, hypothermia, hunger, satiety, neuropeptide Y, cholecystokinin, corticotropin-releasing factor, sympathetic activity, hypothalamic regulation, hypermetabolism, hyperthermia
MeSH terms
Animals, Body Temperature Regulation, Energy Metabolism, Fasting, Feeding Behavior, Humans, Vagus Nerve

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