Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports, 2014 The vagus nerve is a major component of the autonomic nervous system, has an important role in the regulation of metabolic homeostasis, and plays a key role in the neuroendocrine-immune axis to maintain homeostasis through its afferent and efferent pathways.
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Strategies for precision vagus neuromodulation
Bioelectronic Medicine, 2022 The vagus nerve is involved in the autonomic regulation of physiological homeostasis, through vast innervation of cervical, thoracic and abdominal visceral organs.
Umair Ahmed +5 more
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Decoding Vagus-Nerve Activity with Carbon Nanotube Sensors in Freely Moving Rodents
Biosensors, 2022 The vagus nerve is the largest autonomic nerve and a major target of stimulation therapies for a wide variety of chronic diseases. However, chronic recording from the vagus nerve has been limited, leading to significant gaps in our understanding of vagus
Joseph T. Marmerstein +2 more
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Association between vagus nerve cross-sectional area measured by ultrasound and inflammatory biomarkers in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 [PDF]
Journal of Medical BiochemistryBackground: The vagus nerve plays an important role in neuroimmune communication. This study aimed to examine whether systemic inflammatory biomarkers are associated with ultrasound-measured cross-sectional area (CSA) of the vagus nerve in hospitalised ...
Jovanikić Olivera +5 more
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The controversial role of the vagus nerve in mediating ghrelin's actions: gut feelings and beyond
IBRO Neuroscience Reports, 2022 Ghrelin is a stomach-derived peptide hormone that acts via the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR) and displays a plethora of neuroendocrine, metabolic, autonomic and behavioral actions.
Mario Perelló +5 more
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Mechanical Ptosis in Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Heralding the Diagnosis of Right Sided Cervical Vagus Nerve Neurofibroma: A Rare Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016 Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an autosomal dominant, multisystem disorder. In NF1, involvement of vagus nerve can occur in the form of neurofibroma.
Jyotiranjan Mallick +4 more
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Neural Stimulation Hardware for the Selective Intrafascicular Modulation of the Vagus Nerve
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2023 The neural stimulation of the vagus nerve is able to modulate various functions of the parasympathetic response in different organs. The stimulation of the vagus nerve is a promising approach to treating inflammatory diseases, obesity, diabetes, heart ...
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BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020 This study investigated postoperative complications after surgery for medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) in Europe. Hypoparathyroidism, recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy and bleeding requiring reoperation occurred in 170 (26·2 per cent), 62 (13·7 per cent) and 17 (2·6 per cent) patients respectively.
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Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Intractable Epilepsy
, 2021 AIM: To investigate and compare the efficacy and safety of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy in different types of ...
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Advances in the Application of Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Inflammation and Apoptosis Mechanism of Chronic Heart Failure [PDF]
Zhongguo quanke yixueAs a crucial component of the cardiac autonomic nervous system, the cardiac vagus nerve plays a significant role in the management of chronic heart failure.
HU Yuchi, DAI Songyuan, ZHAO Ling, ZHAO Lulu
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