Evidences for vagus nerve in maintenance of immune balance and transmission of immune information from gut to brain in STM-infected rats

Table 1 Percentages (%) and MIF of CD8+ and CD4+ T cells (^-x±s)

	NS + sham	NS + vagotomy	STM + sham	STM + vagotomy
CD4	42 ± 4.5	46 ± 4.6	34 ± 4.9b	44 ± 6.0a
CD4 MIF	6.6 ± 0.6	4.9 ± 1.0b	6.8 ± 1.1	6.1 ± 1.0
CD8	28 ± 3.0	21 ± 5.9b	23 ± 2.0	17 ± 5.8a
CD8 MIF	2.9 ± 0.39	1.4 ± 0.34b	2.1 ± 0.36b	1.1 ± 0.06a

^aP < 0.05 vs STM + sham;

^bP < 0.05 vs NS + sham

Table 2 Numbers of Fos-ir Cells in PVN and SON (^-x±s)

	NS + sham	NS + vagotomy	STM + sham	STM + vagotomy
PVN	189 ± 41	131 ± 38	467 ± 62a	226 ± 45b
SON	64 ± 21	49 ± 22	282 ± 47a	71 ± 19b

^aP < 0.05 vs NS + Sham;

^bP < 0.05 vs STM + sham