Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation prevents the development of, and reverses, established oesophageal pain hypersensitivity.

Adam Donald Farmer Ahmed AlbusodaGehanjali AmarasingheJames K RuffleHeather E FitzkeRuqaya IdreesRon FriedChristina Brock Qasim Aziz

Published in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2020)

t-VNS prevents the development of, and reverses established, acid-induced oesophageal hypersensitivity. These results have therapeutic implications for the management of visceral pain hypersensitivity.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
drug induced
pain management
neuropathic pain
mouse model
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
spinal cord
spinal cord injury