Vagus Nerve Stimulation Reduces Body Weight and Fat Mass in Rats

Sebastiano Banni; Gianfranca Carta; Elisabetta Murru; Lina Cordeddu; Elena Giordano; Francesco Marrosu; Monica Puligheddu; Gabriele Floris; Gino Paolo Asuni; Angela Letizia Cappai; Silvia Deriu; Paolo Follesa

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044813

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Vagus Nerve Stimulation Reduces Body Weight and Fat Mass in Rats

Sebastiano Banni ,

* E-mail: banni@unica.it

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Gianfranca Carta,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Elisabetta Murru,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Lina Cordeddu,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Elena Giordano,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Francesco Marrosu,

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Monica Puligheddu,

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Gabriele Floris,

Affiliation Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, and Center of Excellence for the Neurobiology of Dependence, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Gino Paolo Asuni,

Affiliation Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, and Center of Excellence for the Neurobiology of Dependence, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Angela Letizia Cappai,

Affiliation Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, and Center of Excellence for the Neurobiology of Dependence, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Silvia Deriu,

Affiliation Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, and Center of Excellence for the Neurobiology of Dependence, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Paolo Follesa

Affiliation Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, and Center of Excellence for the Neurobiology of Dependence, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Vagus Nerve Stimulation Reduces Body Weight and Fat Mass in Rats

Sebastiano Banni,
Gianfranca Carta,
Elisabetta Murru,
Lina Cordeddu,
Elena Giordano,
Francesco Marrosu,
Monica Puligheddu,
Gabriele Floris,
Gino Paolo Asuni,
Angela Letizia Cappai

Published: September 28, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044813

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