Vagal nerve activity as a moderator of brain-immune relationships

Hideki Ohira; Masahiro Matsunaga; Takahiro Osumi; Seisuke Fukuyama; Jun Shinoda; Jitsuhiro Yamada; Yori Gidron

doi:10.1016/j.jneuroim.2013.04.011

Vagal nerve activity as a moderator of brain-immune relationships

Hideki Ohira, Masahiro Matsunaga, Takahiro Osumi, Seisuke Fukuyama, Jun Shinoda, Jitsuhiro Yamada, Yori Gidron

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Abstract

We investigated whether vagal tone, as assessed by heart rate variability (HRV), moderates the neural correlates of immune and physiological responses to acute stress. Participants with low and high baseline HRV underwent a reversal learning task as an acute stressor. Natural killer cells, norepinephrine, and adrenocorticotropic hormone in peripheral blood changed with acute stress in the high HRV group only. Activity in the prefrontal cortex and striatum correlated with the immune and physiological indices in the high HRV group. High vagal tone may reflect more flexible top-down brain regulation of immune and physiological activity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	28-36
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Neuroimmunology
Volume	260
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroim.2013.04.011
State	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
This study was supported by a Health and Labor Sciences Research Grant on Research on Occupational Safety and Health from the Japan Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (no. H17-RODO-5 ), and a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a Proposed Research Area) 2010 (no. 4102-21119003 ) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan . The authors thank Dr. Tokiko Isowa, Ms. Naho Ichikawa, Dr. Kenta Kimura, Dr. Makoto Miyakoshi, Dr. Noriaki Kanayama, and Dr. Hiroki Murakami for technical supports.

Keywords

Heart rate variability
Natural killer cells
Neuroimmunomodulation
Positron emission tomography
Vagus nerve

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Immunology and Allergy
Immunology
Neurology
Clinical Neurology

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