Why the study?
Does right cervical vagus nerve stimulation reduce blood pressure and arrhythmias in salt-sensitive hypertensive rats?
Does right cervical vagus nerve stimulation reduce blood pressure and arrhythmias in salt-sensitive hypertensive rats?
Vagus nerve stimulation attenuates blood pressure increases and reduces arrhythmias in a rat model of salt-sensitive hypertension, suggesting potential therapeutic efficacy.
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Does not support clinical VNS use in hypertension; leaves open translation from this rat model to humans.
Annoni et al. (2015) studied this question.
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