Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Triggers Melatonin Secretion and Is Antidepressive in Zucker Diabetic Fatty Rats

• Shaoyuan Li ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shaoyuan Li, Xu Zhai

  Affiliations Department of Physiology, Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, Department of Anatomy, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan Province, China

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• Xu Zhai ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shaoyuan Li, Xu Zhai

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Peijing Rong ,

  * E-mail: rongpj@hotmail.com (PR); wshuxing@mgh.harvard.edu (SW)

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Michael F. McCabe,

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Jingjun Zhao,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Hui Ben,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Xing Wang,

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan Province, China

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• Shuxing Wang

  * E-mail: rongpj@hotmail.com (PR); wshuxing@mgh.harvard.edu (SW)

  Affiliations Department of Physiology, Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, Department of Anatomy, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan Province, China, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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