VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION THERAPY: WHAT IS BEING STIMULATED?

Vagal nerve stimulation therapy: what is being stimulated?

Vagal nerve stimulation in cardiac therapy involves delivering electrical current to the vagal sympathetic complex in patients experiencing heart failure.The therapy has shown promise but the mechanisms by which any benefit accrues is not understood.In this paper we model the response to increased levels of stimulation of individual components of t

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Multicenter Hospital-Based Prospective Surveillance Study of Bacterial Agents Causing Meningitis and Seroprevalence of Different Serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae Type b, and Streptococcus pneumoniae during 2015 to 2018 in Turkey

ABSTRACT The etiology of bacterial meningitis in Turkey changed after the implementation of conjugated vaccines against Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) in the Turkish National Immunization Program (NIP).Administration of Hib vaccine and PCV-7 (7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine) was implemented in NIP in 2006 a

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