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US 2021/0196955 A1Published application
Treatment of inflammation by selective dmv cholinergic neuron stimulation
AssigneeThe Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
InventorsAdam M. Kressel, Valentin A. Pavlov, Sangeeta S. Chavan, Kevin J. Tracey
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Abstract
Methods for electrical modulation of inflammation or serum TNF levels in a subject.
Claims7
A method of artificially reducing TNF release by splenic macrophages expressing α7nAChR in a subject, comprising electrically modulating cholinergic neurons in a dorsal motor nucleus of a vagal nerve of subject effective to reduce TNF release by splenic macrophages expressing α7nAChR.
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