"Vagotomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The interruption or removal of any part of the vagus (10th cranial) nerve. Vagotomy may be performed for research or for therapeutic purposes.
| Descriptor ID |
D014628
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.525.210.105.600.850
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| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vagotomy" by people in Profiles.
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GLP-1 Elicits an Intrinsic Gut-Liver Metabolic Signal to Ameliorate Diet-Induced VLDL Overproduction and Insulin Resistance. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2017 12; 37(12):2252-2259.
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Vagotomy and Parkinson disease: A Swedish register-based matched-cohort study. Neurology. 2017 May 23; 88(21):1996-2002.
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Neural control of ventilation prevents both over-distension and de-recruitment of experimentally injured lungs. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2017 03; 237:57-67.