Vagus nerve stimulation inhibits cytokine production and attenuates disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis - Koopman, Frieda A.; Chavan, Sangeeta S.; Miljko, Sanda; Grazio, Simeon; Sokolovic, Sekib; Schuurman, P. Richard; Mehta, Ashesh D.; Levine, Yaakov A.; Faltys, Michael; Zitnik, Ralph; Tracey, Kevin J.; Tak, Paul P. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2016)
Keywords: Adult; Aged; Animal models; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - blood; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - immunology; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - therapy; Autoimmune diseases; Biological Sciences; Cytokines; Cytokines - antagonists & inhibitors; Cytokines - blood; Cytokines - immunology; Epilepsy - therapy; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pain management; Rheumatoid arthritis; TNF inhibitors; Toxins; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation-TENS; Vagus Nerve Stimulation; vagus nerve; cytokines; inflammatory reflex; tumor necrosis factor; rheumatoid arthritis