Progress on obesity mediated by vagus nerve simulation and vagal blocking
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4203.2010.12.018
- VernacularTitle:迷走神经调控治疗肥胖的研究进展
- Author:
Tingting YU
;
Zhining FAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Obesity;
Food intake;
Vagus nerve stimulation;
Vagal blocking
- From:
International Journal of Surgery
2010;37(12):847-850
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The optimal bariatric surgery is still not acquired although the obesity epidemic has become a worldwide problem. The recentness studies on obesity focused on mass balance regulated by central nervous system, in which an important circuit is vagus nerve. This review provides progress on obesity mediated by vagus nerve simulation and vagal blocking.
