Yan-Xia Lv, Sen Zhong, Hexin Tang, Bin Luo, Shao-Juan Chen, Long Chen, Fei Zheng, Lei Zhang, Lu Wang, Xing-Yuan Li, Yu-Wen Yan, Ya-Mu Pan, Miao Jiang, You-En Zhang, Lei Wang, Jian-Ye Yang, Ling-Yun Guo, Shi-You Chen, Jia-Ning Wang, Jun-Ming Tang
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) suppresses arrhythmic activity and minimizes cardiomyocyte injury. However, how VNS affects angiogenesis/arteriogenesis in infarcted hearts, is poorly understood. METHODS: Myocardial infarction (MI) was achieved by ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) in rats. 7 days after LAD, stainless-steel wires were looped around the left and right vagal nerve in the neck for vagus nerve stimulation (VNS)...
2018: Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry