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Xn (vagus nerve) functionally connects to NTS (Nucleus of the solitary tract)

All claims for this connection
Species
Mouse
Result
present
Method
electrical stimulation
Sign
unknown
Evidence
Electrically stimulating the left cervical vagus trunk or the auricular vagal territory of the ear induced strong c-fos expression and Fos-TRAP mCherry labeling in caudal NTS neurons on both sides, with more on the ipsilateral side. Sham animals showed rare or no labeling.
Source

Genetic labeling of the nucleus of tractus solitarius neurons associated with electrical stimulation of the cervical or auricular vagus nerve in mice

Brain Stimulation, 2024

DOI 10.1016/j.brs.2024.08.007 · PubMed 39173736 · PMC11555405, Fig. 2; Fig. 3–5

Licence: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

Named in the paper
“cervical or auricular vagus nerve (cVNS / aVNS)” and “caudal nucleus of tractus solitarius (cNTS)”
Made by
an AI model reading the paper (claude-opus-5-5, extract@0.3.0), 2026-10-09
Checked by

a second AI model (claude-opus-5-5) agrees, 2026-10-09

“Both stimulation types induced cNTS c-fos and bilateral TRAP labeling that was greater ipsilaterally, with rare or no labeling in shams.”

Status

proposed

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