CPC A61N 1/36053 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0412 (2013.01); A61N 1/0536 (2013.01); A61N 1/3615 (2013.01); A61N 1/0504 (2013.01)] | 4 Claims |
1. A method of suppressing or ameliorating inflammation in a subject comprising selectively electrically stimulating cholinergic neuronal activity in a vagal nerve of the subject, wherein no other vagal nerve activity is selectively electrically stimulated, and wherein the stimulated cholinergic neuronal activity is effected using microelectrodes placed externally to the subject's central nervous system, and wherein the stimulated cholinergic neuronal activity is effective to induce splenic nerve activity suppression of TNF release so as to suppress or ameliorate inflammation in a subject.
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