Gastrointestinal (GI) vagal afferents convey sensory signals from the GI tract to the brain.
Numerous subtypes of GI vagal afferent have been identified but their individual roles in gut …

BACKGROUND: Animal experimentation has a long tradition in diabetes research and has
provided invaluable benefits with regard to insulin discovery and treatment assessment …

Fourteen patients were treated over 2 years with cervical vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) for
adjunctive therapy of severe, treatment-resistant depression. Here, we report the …

The prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is increasing, creating a need for T2DM animal
models for the study of disease pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment. The purpose of this …

Background The cancer‐anorexia‐cachexia syndrome (CACS) negatively affects survival
and therapy success in cancer patients. Inflammatory mediators and tumour‐derived factors …

Besides insulin‐mediated transport of glucose into the cells, an important role is also played
by the non‐insulin‐mediated transport. This latter process is called glucose effectiveness …

Objective: The current study investigates activation of the nutritional anti-inflammatory
pathway by lipid-rich nutrition. Background: Enteral nutrition activates humoral and neural …

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The conservative nature of animal evolution makes animal models the ideal tool for learning
about human biology. The Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science, Second Edition: Animal …

Acyl CoA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase-1 (DGAT-1) catalyzes the final step in triacylglycerol
(TAG) synthesis and is highly expressed in the small intestine. Because DGAT-1 knockout …