Melanocortins protect against multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in mice

Melanocortins counteract inflammatory and apoptotic responses to prolonged myocardial ischemia/reperfusion through a vagus nerve-mediated mechanism

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Functional recovery after delayed treatment of ischemic stroke with melanocortins is associated with overexpression of the activity-dependent gene Zif268

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Science of Self-Preservation

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Postinjury multiple organ failure

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Current theories on the pathophysiology of multiple organ failure after trauma

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Cholinergic control of inflammation

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α-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone in Critically Injured Trauma Patients

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Vagus Nerve Mediates the Protective Effects of Melanocortins against Cerebral and Systemic Damage after Ischemic Stroke

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Selective melanocortin MC4 receptor agonists reverse haemorrhagic shock and prevent multiple organ damage

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