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Figure 2

From: A novel ex-vivo isolated rabbit heart preparation to explore the cardiac effects of cervical and cardiac vagus nerve stimulation

Figure 2

(a) Schematic of a cuff electrode wrapped around the cervical VN at mid-cervical level, approximately 4–5 cm cranial to the cardiac branching point of the superior cardiac branch. (b) Surgical window of a rabbit instrumented with the cuff electrode placed at the mid-cervical level. Cr cranial, cd caudal, CB cardiac branch, VN vagus nerve.

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