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Vagal afferent activity

Vagal afferent activity. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.

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  1. Bilateral cervical or subdiaphragmatic vagotomy attenuated the decreases in brown adipose tissue sympathetic nerve activity and thermogenesis evoked by nanoinjection of resiniferatoxin into the nucleus tractus solitarius but did not prevent the decreases evoked by intravenous dihydrocapsaicin, consistent with a non-vagal pathway through which systemic TRPV1 agonists can inhibit brown adipose tissue thermogenesis.

    Experimental context and source evidence
    evidence_span
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    experimental_model
    Urethane-chloralose-anaesthetised rats with nucleus tractus solitarius nanoinjection, sympathetic nerve recording and vagotomy
    exposure
    Intravenous dihydrocapsaicin, against resiniferatoxin nanoinjected into the nucleus tractus solitarius, with capsazepine and bilateral cervical or subdiaphragmatic vagotomy
    limitations
    The vagotomy control separates a central vagal route from whatever systemic dihydrocapsaicin uses. Anaesthetised animals, so the cardiovascular numbers are not directly comparable with the conscious studies here.
    nutrient_topic
    Dihydrocapsaicin research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and dihydrocapsaicin is recorded separately from capsaicin. · Dihydrocapsaicin
    organism
    Rat
    plain_language
    Cutting the vagus nerve stopped the brain-injected agonist working but not the injected one, so they reach the heater by different roads.
    primary_references
    [dhc-p29590555] Activation of TRPV1 in nucleus tractus solitarius reduces brown adipose tissue thermogenesis, arterial pressure, and heart rate. (2018). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29590555/ DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00049.2018
    tissue_or_cell_type
    Nucleus tractus solitarius and brown adipose tissue

    Dihydrocapsaicin: the second capsaicinoid, the hypothermia it is used to induce, what the gut and liver do to it, and what it does without TRPV1 (2026-09-21) · lines 413–424

    AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Urethane-chloralose-anaesthetised rats with nucleus tractus solitarius nanoinjection, sympathetic nerve recording and vagotomy · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft

    ### dhc-not-a-vagal-route Bilateral cervical or subdiaphragmatic vagotomy attenuated the decreases in brown adipose tissue sympathetic nerve activity and thermogenesis evoked by nanoinjection of resiniferatoxin into the nucleus tractus solitarius but did not prevent the decreases evoked by intravenous dihydrocapsaicin, consistent with a non-vagal pathway through which systemic TRPV1 agonists can inhibit brown adipose tissue thermogenesis. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Dihydrocapsaicin research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and dihydrocapsaicin is recorded separately from capsaicin. plain_language: Cutting the vagus nerve stopped the brain-injected agonist working but not the injected one, so they reach the heater by different roads. organism: Rat tissue_or_cell_type: Nucleus tractus solitarius and brown adipose tissue experimental_model: Urethane-chloralose-anaesthetised rats with nucleus tractus solitarius nanoinjection, sympathetic nerve recording and vagotomy limitations: The vagotomy control separates a central vagal route from whatever systemic dihydrocapsaicin uses. Anaesthetised animals, so the cardiovascular numbers are not directly comparable with the conscious studies here. exposure: Intravenous dihydrocapsaicin, against resiniferatoxin nanoinjected into the nucleus tractus solitarius, with capsazepine and bilateral cervical or subdiaphragmatic vagotomy evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/dihydrocapsaicin-research/29590555.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "947ba9408e8bbaecee08ba0b2018014faa1d26d3c1fdf8df063e92911e53e19a", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1882, "text_sha256": "947ba9408e8bbaecee08ba0b2018014faa1d26d3c1fdf8df063e92911e53e19a"} [dhc-p29590555] Activation of TRPV1 in nucleus tractus solitarius reduces brown adipose tissue thermogenesis, arterial pressure, and heart rate. (2018). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29590555/ DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00049.2018
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