Vagal Nerve Function in Obesity: Therapeutic Implications

Persistent epigenetic differences associated with prenatal exposure to famine in humans

2008 • 2,912 citations

Circular analysis in systems neuroscience: the dangers of double dipping

2009 • 2,624 citations

The role of depot fat in the hypothalamic control of food intake in the rat

1953 • 1,400 citations

Chronic stress and obesity: A new view of “comfort food”

2003 • 1,305 citations

The role of the gastric afferent vagal nerve in ghrelin-induced feeding and growth hormone secretion in rats

2002 • 1,055 citations

The effects of lesions in the hypothalamus in parabiotic rats

1959 • 465 citations

Experimental Hypothalamic Hyperphagia in the Albino Rat.

1943 • 456 citations

Hormonal and Metabolic Mechanisms of Diabetes Remission after Gastrointestinal Surgery

2009 • 439 citations

Hypothalamic sensing of circulating fatty acids is required for glucose homeostasis

2005 • 425 citations

Ghrelin Acts in the Central Nervous System to Stimulate Gastric Acid Secretion

2001 • 384 citations

Afferent axons in abdominal vagus mediate satiety effect of cholecystokinin in rats

1985 • 369 citations

A new role of substance P as an injury-inducible messenger for mobilization of CD29+ stromal-like cells

2009 • 338 citations

Weight Loss During the Intensive Intervention Phase of the Weight-Loss Maintenance Trial

2008 • 321 citations

Supra-Diaphragmatic Section of the Vagus Nerves in Treatment of Duodenal Ulcer.

1943 • 297 citations

Gastric distention activates satiety circuitry in the human brain

2007 • 286 citations

On the Structure, Distribution and Function of the Nerves which innervate the Visceral and Vascular Systems

1886 • 282 citations

Vagotomy Dissociates Short- and Long-Term Controls of Circulating Ghrelin

2003 • 260 citations

Ghrelin Does Not Stimulate Food Intake in Patients with Surgical Procedures Involving Vagotomy

2005 • 259 citations

Severe undernutrition in growing and adult animals

1962 • 243 citations

Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding Induces Prolonged Satiety: A Randomized Blind Crossover Study

2005 • 231 citations

Mechanism of Awareness of Hypoglycemia: Perception of Neurogenic (Predominantly Cholinergic) Rather Than Neuroglycopenic Symptoms

1993 • 231 citations

MANIFESTATIONS OF HYPOTHALAMIC OBESITY IN MAN: A COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION OF EIGHT PATIENTS AND A EEVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

1975 • 229 citations

The impact of hunger on food cue processing: An event-related brain potential study

2009 • 183 citations

Gastric stimulation in obese subjects activates the hippocampus and other regions involved in brain reward circuitry

2006 • 161 citations

Post-surgery Adherence to Scheduled Visits and Compliance, More than Personality Disorders, Predict Outcome of Bariatric Restrictive Surgery in Morbidly Obese Patients

2007 • 157 citations

Maternal Pregestational BMI Is Associated With Methylation of the PPARGC1A Promoter in Newborns

2009 • 156 citations

Intra-abdominal vagal blocking (VBLOC therapy): Clinical results with a new implantable medical device

2008 • 151 citations

Gastric Pacing as Therapy for Morbid Obesity: Preliminary Results

2002 • 147 citations

Weight loss during chronic, cervical vagus nerve stimulation in depressed patients with obesity: an observation

2007 • 134 citations

MORBIDITY OF SEVERE OBESITY

2001 • 131 citations

Mechanisms of Neural Response to Gastrointestinal Nutritive Stimuli: The Gut-Brain Axis

2009 • 123 citations

Functional neuroimaging of gastric distention

2003 • 118 citations

A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF HYPOTHALAMIC LESIONS ON THE EATING HABITS OF THE ALBINO RAT

1946 • 117 citations

Shaping the stress response: Interplay of palatable food choices, glucocorticoids, insulin and abdominal obesity

2008 • 111 citations

Implantable gastric stimulation for the treatment of clinically severe obesity: results of the SHAPE trial

2008 • 107 citations

Surgical Management of Obesity

2005 • 106 citations

One-Year Experience with Tantalus<SUP>™</SUP>: a New Surgical Approach to Treat Morbid Obesity

2006 • 85 citations

Disordered drinking after abdominal vagotomy in rats

1975 • 83 citations

Metabolic correlates of eating behavior in severe obesity

2001 • 82 citations

Dynamic Gastric Response to Expansion before and after Vagotomy

1975 • 80 citations

LATE METABOLIC SEQUELÆ OF VAGOTOMY AND GASTROENTEROSTOMY

1970 • 76 citations

Chronic vagus nerve stimulation for treatment-resistant depression decreases resting ventromedial prefrontal glucose metabolism

2008 • 75 citations

Stomal Ulcers After Gastric Bypass

1980 • 74 citations

Capsaicin-sensitive intestinal mucosal afferent mechanism and body fat distribution

2008 • 71 citations

VAGOTOMY FOR TREATMENT OF SEVERE OBESITY

1978 • 68 citations

Gastroplasty for obesity: Long-term weight loss improved by vagotomy

1993 • 67 citations

Effects of vagotomy with and without pyloroplasty on weight and food intake in rats

1979 • 65 citations

THE EFFECT OF INSULIN ON FOOD INTAKE AFTER VAGOTOMY AND SYMPATHECTOMY

1947 • 63 citations

Surgical reduction of adipose tissue in the male Sprague-Dawley rat

1976 • 62 citations

Electroacupuncture in the Treatment of Obesity

2008 • 62 citations

Catheter-directed Gastric Artery Chemical Embolization Suppresses Systemic Ghrelin Levels in Porcine Model

2008 • 58 citations

Long‐term regeneration of abdominal vagus: Efferents fail while afferents succeed

2002 • 58 citations

Gastric Pacing as Therapy for Morbid Obesity: Preliminary Results

2002 • 57 citations

Mechanism of awareness of hypoglycemia. Perception of neurogenic (predominantly cholinergic) rather than neuroglycopenic symptoms

1993 • 54 citations

Surgical management of obesity

2018 • 53 citations

Review of physiology, clinical manifestations, and management of hypothalamic obesity in humans

2008 • 50 citations

Psychotropic Drugs in the Treatment of Obesity

2004 • 49 citations

An Endoscopic Test for Completeness of Vagotomy

1972 • 45 citations

Faecal fat excretion after truncal, selective, and highly selective vagotomy for duodenal ulcer

1974 • 45 citations

Improvement in glycemic control by gastric electrical stimulation (TANTALUSTM) in overweight subjects with type 2 diabetes

2008 • 44 citations

Long-term outcome of vagus nerve stimulation therapy in patients with refractory epilepsy

2007 • 42 citations

Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Function and the Metabolic Syndrome X of Obesity

2001 • 39 citations

Follow-up of gastric vagotomy alone in the treatment of peptic ulcer.

1948 • 39 citations

A genetic approach for investigating vagal sensory roles in regulation of gastrointestinal function and food intake

2006 • 38 citations

Vagus nerve stimulation does not lead to significant changes in body weight in patients with epilepsy

2005 • 37 citations

Role of vagal afferent innervation in feeding and brain Fos expression produced by metabolic inhibitors

2001 • 37 citations

Effects of intramural administration of Botulinum Toxin A on gastric emptying and eating capacity in obese patients

2008 • 37 citations

Pilot Study of Transesophageal Endoscopic Surgery: NOTES Esophagomyotomy, Vagotomy, Lymphadenectomy

2008 • 35 citations

Adrenergic receptor polymorphisms and autonomic nervous system function in human obesity

2006 • 35 citations

Impact of postprandial lipaemia on low‐density lipoprotein (LDL) size and oxidized LDL in patients with coronary artery disease

2006 • 33 citations

Dipsogenic genes associated with weight changes during Ironman Triathlons

2006 • 32 citations

Gastrointestinal tract innervation of the mouse: afferent regeneration and meal patterning after vagotomy

2005 • 32 citations

NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES OF GASTRIC OPERATIONS

1994 • 30 citations

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding with truncal vagotomy versus laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding alone: interim results of a prospective randomized trial

2008 • 28 citations

Acute effects of pharmacological modifications of fatty acid metabolism on human satiety

2008 • 28 citations

Truncal vagotomy reduces food and liquid intake in man

1990 • 25 citations

Glucocorticoids upregulate intestinal nutrient transport in a time-dependent and substrate-specific fashion

1998 • 25 citations

Surgical Reduction of Adipose Tissue Hypercellularity in Man

1975 • 24 citations

Behavioral effects of vagotomy in humans

1983 • 23 citations

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE STOMACH. —II. THE RELATION BETWEEN THE CONTRACTIONS OF THE EMPTY STOMACH AND THE SENSATION OF HUNGER

1913 • 23 citations

VIII. Experiments and observations on the influence of the nerves of the eighth pair on the secretions of the stomach. By B. C. Brodie, Esq. F. R. S. Communicated by the Society for the promotion of animal chemistry

1814 • 23 citations

A new intraoperative test for completeness of vagotomy: The PCP-GABA (Beta-parachlorophenol-gamma-aminobtrtyric acid) test

1984 • 23 citations

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2006 • 22 citations

Effect of GABA on basal and vagally mediated gastric acid secretion and hormone release in dogs

1988 • 22 citations

The Vagus Nerve and its Vagaries

1993 • 21 citations

Diet-derived nutrients mediate the inhibition of hypothalamic NPY neurons in the arcuate nucleus of mice during refeeding

2009 • 20 citations

Vagotomy and pyloric dilatation in chronic duodenal ulceration.

1979 • 17 citations

Plasma ghrelin and gastric pacing in morbidly obese patients

2007 • 16 citations

Surgical Treatment of Regional Adiposity

1987 • 16 citations

Genetic Variation in the Autonomic Nervous System Affects Mortality: A Study of 1,095 Trauma Patients

2009 • 16 citations

Complete Vagotomy

1980 • 15 citations

Vagal mechanisms in appetite regulation.

1981 • 13 citations

Randomized trial of truncal vagotomy with either pyloroplasty or pyloric dilatation in the surgical management of chronic duodenal ulcer

1983 • 13 citations

Surgical treatment of morbid obesity with reflux esophagitis.

1982 • 13 citations

A New Anatomic Approach to the Problem of Incomplete Vagotomy

1964 • 13 citations

Urine acid output as a test of completeness of vagotomy

1990 • 12 citations

OBESITY IN THE RAT FOLLOWING THE INJECTION OF CHROMIC ACID INTO THE HYPOPHYSIS¹

1940 • 10 citations

An improved technique for laparoscopic highly selective vagotomy using harmonic shears

1998 • 9 citations

Quantitative Positron Emission Tomography Studies of the Serotonin Transporter in Humans Previously Treated with the Appetite Suppressants Fenfluramine or Dexfenfluramine

2007 • 9 citations

Interpretation of Postvagotomy Endoscopic Congo Red Test Results in Relation to Ulcer Recurrence 5 to 12 Years after Operation

1998 • 8 citations

Contributions to the Physiology of the Stomach.–II. The Relation Between the Contractions of the Empty Stomach and the Sensation of Hunger¹

1993 • 7 citations

PL-48: Gastric electrical stimulation with Tantalus® improves glycemic control in overweight subjects with type 2 diabetes

2008 • 6 citations

Gastric Bypass Distal Roux-en-Y Jejunal Interposition with Selective Proximal Vagotomy and Posterior Truncal Vagotomy

1994 • 5 citations

Adequate selective proximal vagotomy with pyloroplasty as nonresective surgery for peptic ulcer disease: a 20 year review.

1983 • 4 citations

Histamine metabolism in severe obesity before and after jejuno-ileostomy

1979 • 4 citations

Clinical experience with biliopancreatic bypass and gastrectomy or selective vagotomy for morbid obesity.

1986 • 3 citations

Vagotomy without gastric drainage laparoscopic or thoracoscopic approach.

1999 • 3 citations

[Level of beta endorphins and insulin in blood of obese subjects. Effect of surgical treatment for obesity on higher exchange parameters].

1993 • 2 citations

Importance of intestinal absorption in the regulation of carbohydrate appetite.

1947 • 1 citations

PL-12: Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LB) with truncal vagotomy (TV) vs laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding alone (LB): Interim results of a prospective randomized trial

2008 • 1 citations

Potentiation by baclofen of gastric acid secretion stimulated by secretagogues in vagotomized rats under anesthesia.

1996 • 1 citations