Vagotropic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Vagotropic is an adjective meaning Stimulating the vagus nerve.
Meaning
Stimulating the vagus nerve.
Example Sentences
These “vagotropic” actions can be referred to decreased irritability of the sympathetic nerve-endings.
Capelle and Bayer believe that both the thyroid gland and the thymus gland produce an internal secretion that has two components, one sympathicotropic and one vagotropic.
This corresponds, as the authors stress, with our law since the epileptics are, after attacks, in a vagotonic situation; they therefore respond less to vagotropic stimuli.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vagovagal, neurotonic, sympathovagal, polyvagal, sympathicovagal, neuroexcitatory.
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