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The Vagal Nerve, Inflammation, and Diabetes—A Holy Triangle

Cells, 2023
Type 2 diabetic mellitus (T2DM) is a common chronic disease and a substantial risk factor of other fatal illnesses. At its core is insulin resistance, where chronic low-level inflammation is among its main causes.
Liat Sorski, Yori Gidron
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Active esophageal cooling reduces peri-esophageal and vagal nerve injury in radiofrequency-current pulmonary vein isolation [PDF]

Heart Rhythm O2
Background: Damage to peri-esophageal tissue may occur following pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). Active esophageal cooling has been shown to reduce the incidence of mucosal esophageal injury, probably by dissipation of heat and inhibition of inflammation.
Dirk Grosse Meininghaus, MD, Robert Freund, PhD, Erik Kulstad, MD, J. Christoph Geller, MD   +3 more
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Effects of Vagal Nerve Stimulation on Rectal Tone and Distal Colon Transit in Rats Mediated via the Vagal-Sacral Pathway [PDF]

Cells
The vagus nerve (innervating the gut from esophagus to proximal colon) and sacral nerve (innervating distal colon and rectum) are key parasympathetic regulators of gastrointestinal (GI) function.
Yan Li, Yan Wang, Shiying Li, Kaijie Wang, Jahangir Alam, Shiyuan Gong, Ying Zhu, Jiande D. Z. Chen   +7 more
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Finding the Wanderer Nerve: A Novel Use of ETT Surface Electrodes in Vagal Nerve Stimulator Insertion Surgery

Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, 2023
Endotracheal tube (ETT) surface electrodes have been in vogue for vagal nerve identification and monitoring for a while. They have been used in thyroid surgeries as well as neurosurgical procedures involving the skull base or brain stem. These electrodes
Sethulakshmi Prasad, Salini Varma, Manikandan Sethuraman   +2 more
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Cervical transcutaneous vagal neuromodulation in chronic pancreatitis patients with chronic pain: A randomised sham controlled clinical trial.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Background & aimsChronic abdominal pain is the primary symptom of chronic pancreatitis, but unfortunately it is difficult to treat. Vagal nerve stimulation studies have provided evidence of anti-nociceptive effect in several chronic pain conditions.
Janusiya Anajan Muthulingam, Søren Schou Olesen, Tine Maria Hansen, Christina Brock, Asbjørn Mohr Drewes, Jens Brøndum Frøkjær   +5 more
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Reconstruction of the abdominal vagus nerve using sural nerve grafts in canine models. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: Recently, vagus nerve preservation or reconstruction of vagus has received increasing attention. The present study aimed to investigate the feasibility of reconstructing the severed vagal trunk using an autologous sural nerve graft.
Jingbo Liu, Jun Wang, Fen Luo, Zhiming Wang, Yin Wang   +4 more
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Non-Invasive Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia Symptoms: A Study Protocol

Brain Sciences, 2022
Stimulation of the vagus nerve, a parasympathetic nerve that controls the neuro-digestive, vascular, and immune systems, induces pain relief, particularly in clinical conditions such as headache and rheumatoid arthritis.
Andrés Molero-Chamizo, Michael A. Nitsche, Armin Bolz, Rafael Tomás Andújar Barroso, José R. Alameda Bailén, Jesús Carlos García Palomeque, Guadalupe Nathzidy Rivera-Urbina   +6 more
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Neuro-anatomical evidence indicating indirect modulation of macrophages by vagal efferents in the intestine but not in the spleen. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
BACKGROUND: Electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve suppresses intestinal inflammation and normalizes gut motility in a mouse model of postoperative ileus.
Cathy Cailotto, Pedro J Gomez-Pinilla, Léa M Costes, Jan van der Vliet, Martina Di Giovangiulio, Andrea Némethova, Gianluca Matteoli, Guy E Boeckxstaens   +7 more
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A Tale of Fits and Faint

JACC: Case Reports, 2020
Vagal nerve stimulators are devices used to treat medically refractory epilepsy. Here, we present a rare, unique, and life-threatening side effect of vagal nerve stimulator placement. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)
Akshar Jaglan, DO, Arshad Jahangir, MD, Atul Bhatia, MD   +2 more
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Can Diabetes Mellitus Lead to Subclinical Vagal Neuropathy? A Prospective Clinical Study

Cerrahpaşa Medical Journal, 2023
Objective: Diabetic neuropathy is the most common chronic complication of diabetes mellitus. The vagal nerve and its branches might be affected, and the consequences can be very disastrous. This study aims to show if there is any subclinical vagal nerve
Emine Taskiran, Zeynep Alkan, Turgut Adatepe, Reyhan Surmeli, Ozgur Yigit, Orhan Yagiz, Taner Tanriverdi, Nurten Uzun Adatepe   +7 more
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