Shivmurat Yadav1, Stavros Stavrakis2, Constance R Chu3

  • 1Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK.

まとめ

ヴァガス神経刺激 (VNS) は,コリナージック抗炎症経路を活性化することで,慢性疼痛および筋骨疾患の炎症の管理に有望であることが示されています. VNS治療を最適化し,バイオマーカーを使用してその有効性を確認するには,さらなる研究が必要です.

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