Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Protects Endotoxemic Rat from Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammation

Figure 7

ta-VNS or ST36 stimulation with bilateral cervical vagotomy (VGX) fails to inhibit the LPS-induced overexpression of NF-κB. NF-κB distribution was measured by immunohistochemical staining. Data are shown as mean ± SEM (𝑛=12 per group). ^▵▵𝑃<0.01 versus the normal saline (NS) group. Original magnification: ×400.

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