Transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation protects against stress-induced intestinal barrier dysfunction in healthy adults.
Tamara MogilevskiSam RosellaQasim AzizPeter R GibsonPublished in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2022)
Brief non-invasive vagal nerve stimulation consistently reduces paracellular permeability of the small intestine after CRH administration, but does not entirely mitigate I-FABP release from the epithelium. Studies of vagal nerve stimulation in disease states are warranted.