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Article: Studies in the area of arthritis reported from University of Amsterdam.
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- February 25, 2009
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According to recent research from Netherlands, "The parasympathetic nervous system, through the vagus nerve, can down-regulate inflammation in vivo by decreasing the release of cytokines, including tumor necrosis factor a (TNF alpha), by activated macrophages. The vagus nerve may exert antiinflammatory actions via a specific effect of its principal neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, on the alpha 7 subunit of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (alpha 7nAChR) on macrophages."
"The present study was undertaken to obtain insight into the role of the cholinergic antiinflammatory pathway in arthritis. To inhibit the cholinergic antiinflammatory pathway, mice were ...
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