Vagal control of lymphocyte release from rat thymus

A Antonica, F Magni, L Mearini, N Paolocci - Journal of the autonomic …, 1994 - Elsevier
The effects of the efferent vagal innervation on the thymus gland of the rat were investigated
in vivo by means of section and stimulation experiments. It has been shown that section of
the right vagus produces a decrease in the number of lymphocytes released from the thymus
into the venous circulation, an effect that disappears after section of the recurrent laryngeal
nerve. Vagal stimulation produces a transient increase in the number of lymphocytes
released from the thymus, an effect that also disappears after section of the recurrent nerve …