Rethinking inflammation: neural circuits in the regulation of immunity

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Ingestion of Lactobacillus strain regulates emotional behavior and central GABA receptor expression in a mouse via the vagus nerve

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The inflammatory reflex

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Electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve ameliorates inflammation and disease activity in a rat EAE model of multiple sclerosis

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Association of Heart Rate Variability with Pulmonary Function Impairment and Symptomatology Post-COVID-19 Hospitalization

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Clinical approach to autonomic dysfunction

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Differentiating the Pharmacodynamics and Toxicology of Macrolide and Ketolide Antibiotics

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In Vivo Effects of Neostigmine and Physostigmine on Neutrophil Functions and Evaluation of Acetylcholinesterase and Butyrylcholinesterase as Inflammatory Markers during Experimental Sepsis in Rats

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An impaired neuroimmune pathway promotes the development of hypertension in systemic lupus erythematosus

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Imprecise Medicine

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The aetiopathogenesis of fatigue: unpredictable, complex and persistent

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Tetramethylpyrazine reduces blood-brain barrier permeability associated with enhancement of peripheral cholinergic anti-inflammatory effects for treating traumatic brain injury

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Nerve Guide Conduits Integrated with Fisetin‐Loaded Chitosan Hydrogels for Reducing Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Nerve Regeneration

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Cholinergic macrophages promote the resolution of peritoneal inflammation

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α7nACh receptor, a promising target to reduce BBB damage by regulating inflammation and autophagy after ischemic stroke

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GI Motility: Microbiota and Macrophages Join Forces

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Cholinergic system is involved in the therapeutic effect of madecassoside on collagen-induced arthritis in rats

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Heart Rate Variability Code: Does It Exist and Can We Hack It?

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Functional expression and axonal transport of α7 nAChRs by peptidergic nociceptors of rat dorsal root ganglion

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Brain Stimulation Differentially Modulates Nociception and Inflammation in Aversive and Non-aversive Behavioral Conditions

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The promising prognostic value of vagal nerve activity at the initial management of ovarian cancer

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NDP-α-MSH attenuates heart and liver responses to myocardial reperfusion via the vagus nerve and JAK/ERK/STAT signaling

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Neuromodulation Strategies to Reduce Inflammation and Improve Lung Complications in COVID-19 Patients

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Inflammation of some visceral sensory systems and autonomic dysfunction in cardiovascular disease

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Preoperative smoking history is associated with decreased risk of early postoperative cognitive dysfunction in patients of advanced age after noncardiac surgery: a prospective observational cohort study

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Auricular Neuromodulation for Mass Vagus Nerve Stimulation: Insights From SOS COVID-19 a Multicentric, Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind French Pilot Study

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Cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway activity in dialysis patients: a role for neuroimmunomodulation?

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Spinal GABA-B receptor modulates neutrophil recruitment to the knee joint in zymosan-induced arthritis

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Mechanisms in hypertension and target organ damage: Is the role of the thymus key? (Review)

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Vagal nerve activity and cancer prognosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Cortical stimulation in conscious rats controls joint inflammation

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Is SARS-CoV-2 Spike glycoprotein impairing macrophage function via α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors?

Saraiya, T., Labrou, D., Farsalinos, K. E., & Poulas, K. A. (2021) · Food and Chemical Toxicology · doi:10.1016/j.fct.2021.112184 · Cited by 15

N-acetylcysteine Restored Heart Rate Variability and Prevented Serious Adverse Events in Transfusion-dependent Thalassemia Patients: a Double-blind Single Center Randomized Controlled Trial

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Sciatic–Vagal Nerve Stimulation by Electroacupuncture Alleviates Inflammatory Arthritis in Lyme Disease-Susceptible C3H Mice

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Reducing inflammation and rescuing FTD-related behavioral deficits in progranulin-deficient mice with α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists

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The Neuroimmune Communicatome in Inflammation

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Objecthood, Agency and Mutualism in Valenced Farm Animal Environments

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The cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway in resistant hypertension treated with renal denervation

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Correction: Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors Reduce Neuroinflammation and -Degeneration in the Cortex and Hippocampus of a Surgery Stress Rat Model

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Dopamine promotes the progression of AML via activating NLRP3 inflammasome and IL-1β

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Dynamical disentanglement in an analysis of oscillatory systems: an application to respiratory sinus arrhythmia

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Children With PANS May Manifest POTS

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Cardiorespiratory Interaction and Autonomic Sleep Quality Improve during Sleep in Beds Made from Pinus cembra (Stone Pine) Solid Wood

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Electrical Stimulation of the Auricular Branch Vagus Nerve Using Random and Alternating Frequencies Triggers a Rapid Onset and Pronounced Antihyperalgesia via Peripheral Annexin A1-Formyl Peptide Receptor 2/ALX Pathway in a Mouse Model of Persistent Inflammatory Pain

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Small Heat Shock Proteins, Amyloid Fibrils, and Nicotine Stimulate a Common Immune Suppressive Pathway with Implications for Future Therapies.Preprint

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Hepatic stellate cell activation markers are regulated by the vagus nerve in systemic inflammation

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The role of the peripheral system dysfunction in the pathogenesis of sepsis-associated encephalopathy

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Interactions between MDSCs and the Autonomic Nervous System: Opportunities and Challenges in Cancer Neuroscience

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Attenuation of intestinal ischemic injury and shock by physostigmine

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Honeybee immunity and colony losses

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Species- and concentration-dependent differences of acetyl- and butyrylcholinesterase sensitivity to physostigmine and neostigmine

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GSK3 modulation in acute lung injury, myocarditis and polycystic kidney disease-related aneurysm

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Neuroimmunology of the Atherosclerotic Plaque: A Morphological Approach

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Nutraceuticals in the management of autonomic function and related disorders: A comprehensive review

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Neural reflex control of vascular inflammation

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Selective activation of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChRα7) inhibits muscular degeneration in mdx dystrophic mice

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Triggering Neurotransmitters Secretion from Single Cells by X‑ray Nanobeam Irradiation

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Therapeutically Fine-Tuning Autonomic Nervous System to Treat Sepsis: A New Perspective on the Immunomodulatory Effects of Acupuncture

Zhang, Z., Zhang, D., Lin, Q., & Cui, X. (2024) · Journal of Inflammation Research · doi:10.2147/jir.s477181 · Cited by 9

Depressive Symptoms in Patients With Cancer

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Environmental Stressors and the PINE Network: Can Physical Environmental Stressors Drive Long-Term Physical and Mental Health Risks?

Stapelberg, N. J. C., Branjerdporn, G., Adhikary, S. R., Johnson, S., Ashton, K. J., & Headrick, J. P. (2022) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph192013226 · Cited by 10

Neuropathy correlated with imbalanced Foxp3/IL-17 in bone marrow microenvironment of patients with acute myeloid leukemia

Chen, C., Liu, Y., Hua, M., Li, X., Ji, C., & Ma, D. (2016) · Oncotarget · doi:10.18632/oncotarget.8227 · Cited by 9

Granulocytes as models for human protein marker identification following nicotine exposure

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A Novel Ultrasound-Guided Bilateral Vagal Nerve Hydrodissection With 5% Dextrose Without Local Anesthetic for Recalcitrant Chronic Multisite Pain and Autonomic Dysfunction

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Neuroimmune Modulation for Drug-Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis: Long-Term Safety and Efficacy in Patients Enrolled in a Pilot Vagus Nerve Stimulation Study

GAYLIS, N. B., Sikes, D. H., Kivitz, A., Horowitz, D. L., Evangelista, M., Levine, Y. A., & Chernoff, D. (2025) · Rheumatology and Therapy · doi:10.1007/s40744-025-00798-y · Cited by 8

Neuroimmune cardiovascular interfaces in atherosclerosis

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A Stimulating Concept: Bioelectronic Medicine in Inflammatory Disease

Olofsson, P. S. (2014) · Bioelectronic Medicine · doi:10.15424/bioelectronmed.2014.00007 · Cited by 8

Neonatal Sepsis Alters the Excitability of Regular Spiking Cells in the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract in Rats

Eftekhari, G., Shojaei, A., Raoufy, M. R., Azizi, H., Semnanian, S., & Mani, A. R. (2019) · Shock · doi:10.1097/shk.0000000000001453 · Cited by 8

Pyridostigmine bromide elicits progressive and chronic impairments in the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus of male rats

Burzynski, H. E., Macht, V. A., Woodruff, J. L., Crawford, J., Erichsen, J. M., Piroli, G. G., Grillo, C. A., Fadel, J. R., & Reagan, L. P. (2022) · Neurobiology of Stress · doi:10.1016/j.ynstr.2022.100446 · Cited by 8

Altered neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in sepsis secondary to canine parvoviral enteritis treated with and without an immunomodulator in puppies

Muñoz, A. I., Maldonado-García, J. L., Fragozo, A., Vallejo‐Castillo, L., Lucas-González, A., Trejo-Martínez, I., Pavón, L., Pérez‐Sánchez, G., Cobos-Marín, L., & Pérez‐Tapia, S. M. (2022) · Frontiers in Veterinary Science · doi:10.3389/fvets.2022.995443 · Cited by 9

Reduced Noradrenergic Signaling in the Spleen Capsule in the Absence of CB1 and CB2 Cannabinoid Receptors

Simkins, T., Fried, D. E., Parikh, K. A., Galligan, J. J., Goudreau, J. L., Lookingland, K. J., & Kaplan, B. L. F. (2016) · Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology · doi:10.1007/s11481-016-9689-2 · Cited by 8

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Infection, Prone Sleep Position, and Vagal Neuroimmunology

Goldwater, P. N. (2017) · Frontiers in Pediatrics · doi:10.3389/fped.2017.00223 · Cited by 9

Propranolol and ascorbic acid in control of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva flare-ups due to accidental falls

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Donepezil Prevents Inhibition of Cerebral Energetic Metabolism Without Altering Behavioral Parameters in Animal Model of Obesity

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Changes in the gut microbiome associated with infliximab in patients with bipolar disorder

Bharwani, A., Szamosi, J. C., Taylor, V. H., Lee, Y. L., Bala, A., Mansur, R. B., Subramaniapillai, M., Surette, M. G., & McIntyre, R. S. (2021) · Brain and Behavior · doi:10.1002/brb3.2259 · Cited by 8

Synapses, Signals, CDs, and Cytokines

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Stress Affects Mast Cell Proteases in Murine Skin in a Model of Atopic Dermatitis-like Allergic Inflammation

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The use of anticholinergic medication is associated with an increased risk of stroke-associated pneumonia

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Should Renal Inflammation Be Targeted While Treating Hypertension?

Chaudhari, S. K., Pham, G. S., Brooks, C. D., Dinh, V. Q., Young‐Stubbs, C. M., Shimoura, C. G., & Mathis, K. W. (2022) · Frontiers in Physiology · doi:10.3389/fphys.2022.886779 · Cited by 7

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