Vagus nerve stimulation promotes gastric emptying by increasing pyloric opening measured with magnetic resonance imaging.

K-H LuJ CaoS OlesonM P WardR J PhillipsTerry L Powley Zhongming Liu

Published in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2018)

The MRI protocol employed in this study is expected to enable advanced preclinical studies to understand stomach pathophysiology and its therapeutics. Results from this study suggest an electroceutical treatment approach for gastric emptying disorders using cervical VNS to control the degree of pyloric sphincter relaxation.

Keyphrases

magnetic resonance imaging
randomized controlled trial
contrast enhanced
computed tomography
magnetic resonance
combination therapy