Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation Induces Tidal Melatonin Secretion and Has an Antidiabetic Effect in Zucker Fatty Rats

• Shuxing Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shuxing Wang, Xu Zhai

  * E-mail: shuxingw@yahoo.com (SW); rongpj@hotmail.com (PR)

  Current address: Guangdong Entomological Institute, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

  Affiliations Department of Anatomy, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan Province, China, Department of Physiology, Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, MGH Center for Translational Pain Research, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Guangdong Landau Biotechnology Inc. Ltd., Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

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• Xu Zhai ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shuxing Wang, Xu Zhai

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

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• Shaoyuan Li,

  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 MGH Center for Translational Pain Research, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Xing Wang,

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

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• Peijing Rong

  * E-mail: shuxingw@yahoo.com (SW); rongpj@hotmail.com (PR)

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

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