Subdiaphragmatic truncal va-gotomy, alone and with pyloroplasty, was performed in intact
rats. In all instances, vagotomized animals ate less and gained less weight than controls …

To evaluate the effects of hepatic vagal denervation on the adaptation of glucose
metabolism to short-term starvation (ie,< 24 h), glucose metabolism was studied after 16 and …

The great clinical importance of the abdominal vagus nerves stems from their role in the
secretion of hydrochloric acid and pepsin, and hence in the causation and treatment of …

IN 1943, Dragstedt and Owens 1 introduced bilateral section of the vagus nerves as a
therapeutic procedure for treatment of duodenal ulcer. Since that time, this operation with …

In 3 different experiments, vagotomy failed to reverse or prevent the development of
hyperphagia and obesity following VMH lesions. In the first experiment, previously …

METHODS Mongrel dogs were provided with gastric fistulas by the Mann-Bollman technique
(I). Several weeks were allowed for complete recovery from this surgical procedure …

IN RECENT years the secretory and ulcerogenic potential of an incomplete vagotomy has
been described in terms of its ade-quacy. In patients without recurrent ulcer the incomplete …

Dogs subjected to bilateral cervical vagotomy were maintained by daily infusions of
physiological saline and glucose for several weeks and a few animals survived for periods …

Rabbits were either chronically vagotomized or laparotomized (controls) and maintained on
free-feeding regimens. In Experiment 1, animals received greens, liquid, and solid foods …

Bilateral cervical vagotomy was followed by prolonged changes in heart rate, blood
pressure, and respiration, and a progressive deterioration of cardiac function. This study was …