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Chronic CNT Fiber Interface With Median Nerve at Acupoint PC6 for Rat’s Myocardial Ischemia Control

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
Myocardial ischemia is one of the most prevalent cardiovascular diseases, underscoring the need for safer and effective therapeutic approaches.
Aotian Yu, Pengwei Li, Junge Yuan, Lei Han, Meng Li, Xiaodan Song, Chang Liu, Qixuan Fu, Simin Ning, Yemao Chai, Yuanyuan Shang, Anyuan Cao, Cunzhi Liu, Wenjing Xu   +13 more
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Effective weight control via an implanted self-powered vagus nerve stimulation device

Nature Communications, 2018
Developing new technologies for the neuromodulation of the vagus nerve can enable therapeutic strategies for body weight control in obese patients. Here, the authors present a battery-free self-powered implantable vagus nerve stimulation system that ...
Guang Yao, Lei Kang, Jun Li, Yin Long, Hao Wei, Carolina A. Ferreira, Justin J. Jeffery, Yuan Lin, Weibo Cai, Xudong Wang   +9 more
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Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation to Improve Emotional State

Biomedicines
Emotional experiences are a part of our lives. The maladaptive functioning of an individual’s emotional field can lead to emotional disturbances of various kinds, such as anxiety and depression.
Ainara Aranberri Ruiz
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Ultrasound stimulation of the vagus nerve as a treatment modality for anxiety

Frontiers in Psychiatry
Anxiety is an increasingly prevalent mental disorder, causing widespread hardship and interfering with society’s economic progression. Standard treatments include various talk therapies with poor prognoses or drug interventions with complex side effects,
Michell Goyal, Ravi Goyal, Joseph L. Sanguinetti   +2 more
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Neural bridging achieves transcutaneous regulation of vagus nerve function and treatment of depressive disorders

Neurotherapeutics
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) represents a neuromodulation technique that has shown potential in the treatment of various diseases. However, conventional VNS therapy is constrained by the requirement for implanted electrodes, primarily due to the ...
Fengchi Sun, Xiangmeng Su, Yiyuan Wang, Zhen Pang, Shuai Zhu, Siwei Xu, Xiaoyun Guo, Wendong Xu, Changrui Chen, Yundong Shen   +9 more
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Schwannoma of the cervical vagus nerve: A rare benign neurogenic tumor [PDF]

, 2013
A schwannoma, also known as an acoustic neuroma, is a benign nerve sheath tumor composed of schwann cells, which normally produce the insulating myelin sheath covering the peripheral nerves.
AKIN, Istemihan, ARIKOK, Ataturker, GUNSOY, Behcet, SAHAN, Mehmet, SIMSEK, Gokce   +4 more
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Human vagus nerve fascicular anatomy and its implications for targeted cardiac stimulation: a microCT segmentation and histological pilot anatomical study

Frontiers in Neuroscience
IntroductionThe functional anatomy of autonomic nerve fascicles has remained poorly understood. Building on prior evidence of organotopic organization in the pig cervical vagus nerve, this study examined the thoracic branches of the human vagus nerve ...
Nicole Thompson, Svetlana Mastitskaya, Francesco Iacoviello, Felicia Turhani, Paul R. Shearing, Kirill Aristovich, David Holder   +6 more
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Neuro-electronic technology in medicine and beyond [PDF]

, 2000
This dissertation looks at the technology and social issues involved with interfacing electronics directly to the human nervous system, in particular the methods for both reading and stimulating nerves.
Ward, Jamie A
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Massage Stimulation Reduces Tumor Necrotic Factor-alpha and Interleukin-6 in Preterm, Low Birth Weight with Appropriate Gestational Age Newborns [PDF]

, 2013
Preterm newborn is susceptible from various stresses such as infections or non infections. During stress, immune response is activated by synthesizing and releasing of cytokines from activated immune cells into the circulation.
Astawa, N. M. (N), Kusnandi, A. R. (and), Sotjiningsih, S. (S), Windiani, I. G. (I)   +3 more
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Tiagabine-induced encephalopathy suppressed by vagus nerve stimulation: A case report

Epilepsy & Behavior Reports
Tiagabine has been associated with reports of status epilepticus as well as encephalopathy, even when used within therapeutic doses. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has been used successfully to reduce seizure frequency in the outpatient setting as well as
Christine N. Smith, Stephan Eisenschenk, Yue Wang   +2 more
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