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. 2010 Mar 10;298(6):R1449–R1467. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00130.2010

Fig. 7.

Fig. 7.

Inflammatory reflex. Inflammatory products of tissue injury (TNF, IL-1) activate sensory vagal afferent signals that are relayed to nucleus tractus solitarus and reflexly activate vagus efferent activity to inhibit cytokine synthesis through the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway [from Tracey (79)].