Volume 133, Issue 4, Pages 1370-1373 (October 2007) The Cholinergic Anti-Inflammatory Pathway and the Gastrointestinal Tract Bruno Bonaz Gastroenterology Volume 133, Issue 4, Pages 1370-1373 (October 2007) DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.08.061 Copyright © 2007 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Neural pathway of immunomodulation. ACh, acetylcholine; ACTH, adrenocorticotropin hormone; AP, area postrema; DMN, dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus; EN, epinephrine; GC, glucocorticoids; LC, locus coeruleus; LPS, lipopolysaccharide (endotoxin); NE, norepinephrine; NTS, nucleus tractus solitarius; PVN, paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; RVM, rostral ventrolateral medulla; SNS, sympathetic nervous system. (From Pavlov VA, Wang H, Czura CJ, et al. The cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway: a missing link in neuroimmunomodulation. Mol Med 2003;9:125–134.) (Color version of this figure available online at www.gastrojournal.org.) Gastroenterology 2007 133, 1370-1373DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2007.08.061) Copyright © 2007 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions