Effect of Electrical Vagal Stimulation on Migration of Hymenolepis diminuta
- 1 June 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Parasitology
- Vol. 67 (3) , 386-390
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3280561
Abstract
Stimulation of the left efferent vagal nerve (2 ms, 5 V, 10 Hz), for up to 60 min in rats infected with 11 day old H. diminuta induced anteriad migration of worm scolex and biomass in the small intestine. Ligation at the pyloric sphincter prior to vagal stimulation shortened the length of time before significant relocation occurred and increased the migrational response. Possibly, worm migration is mediated via vagal stimulation of gastrointestinal function, and is unrelated to actual feeding.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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