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Role of Vagus Nerve Stimulation in the Treatment of Chronic Pain

Neuroimmunomodulation, 2023
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) can modulate vagal activity and neuro-immune communication. Human and animal studies have provided growing evidence that VNS can produce analgesic effects in addition to alleviating refractory epilepsy and depression.
Peiqi Shao, Huili Li, Jia Jiang, Y. Guan, Xueming Chen, Yun Wang   +5 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 ...
I. Strauss, F. Agnesi, C. Zinno, A. Giannotti, A. Dushpanova, V. Casieri, D. Terlizzi, F. Bernini, K. Gabisonia, Y. Wu, D. Jiang, V. Paggi, S. Lacour, F. Recchia, A. Demosthenous, V. Lionetti, S. Micera   +16 more
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Organ- and function-specific anatomical organization of vagal fibers supports fascicular vagus nerve stimulation

Brain Stimulation, 2023
Vagal fibers travel inside fascicles and form branches to innervate organs and regulate organ functions. Existing vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapies activate vagal fibers non-selectively, often resulting in reduced efficacy and side effects from non-
Naveen Jayaprakash, Weiguo Song, Viktor Tóth, Avantika Vardhan, Todd J. Levy, Jacquelyn N. Tomaio, K. Qanud, Ibrahim T. Mughrabi, Yao-Chuan Chang, Moontahinaz Rob, Anna Daytz, Adam Abbas, Zeinab Nassrallah, B. Volpe, K. Tracey, Y. Al-Abed, Timir Datta-Chaudhuri, Larry S. Miller, M. Barbe, Sunhee C. Lee, Theodoros P. Zanos, Stavros Zanos   +21 more
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Neuroimmunomodulation of vagus nerve stimulation and the therapeutic implications

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2023
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a technology that provides electrical stimulation to the cervical vagus nerve and can be applied in the treatment of a wide variety of neuropsychiatric and systemic diseases.
Yi-Ting Fang, Ye-Ting Lin, Wu-Lung Tseng, Philip Tseng, G. Hua, Y. Chao, Yi-Jen Wu   +6 more
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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, Yao-Chuan Chang, Stefanos Zafeiropoulos, Zeinab Nassrallah, Larry Miller, Stavros Zanos   +5 more
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Neuroimmune Modulation Through Vagus Nerve Stimulation Reduces Inflammatory Activity in Crohn’s Disease Patients: A Prospective Open-label Study

Journal of Crohn's & Colitis, 2023
Background and Aims Crohn’s disease [CD] is a debilitating, inflammatory condition affecting the gastrointestinal tract. There is no cure and sustained clinical and endoscopic remission is achieved by fewer than half of patients with current therapies ...
Geert R. D’Haens, M. Eberhardson, Ž. Čabrijan, S. Danese, R. V. D. Berg, M. Löwenberg, G. Fiorino, P. Schuurman, G. Lind, Per Almqvist, P. Olofsson, Kevin J Tracey, Stephen B. Hanauer, Ralph Zitnik, D. Chernoff, Y. Levine, Prof. Geert D’Haens   +16 more
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Vagus nerve stimulation and inflammation: expanding the scope beyond cytokines

Bioelectronic Medicine, 2022
Approximately 20 years ago it was discovered that the vagus nerve regulates pro-inflammatory cytokine levels and inflammation. Subsequent research using several preclinical models revealed that vagus nerve stimulation evokes a protective decrease in pro ...
Aidan Falvey
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Vagus nerve stimulation is a potential treatment for ischemic stroke

Neural Regeneration Research, 2023
Microglia are the brain’s primary innate immune cells, and they are activated and affect pro-inflammatory phenotype or regulatory phenotype after ischemic stroke.
Yi-Lin Liu, San-Rong Wang, Jing-Xi Ma, Le-Hua Yu, Gong-Wei Jia   +4 more
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Vagus nerve stimulation: mechanisms and factors involved in memory enhancement

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2023
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has been recognized as a useful neuromodulation tool to target the central nervous system by electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves.
Laura K. Olsen, Ernesto Solis, L. McIntire, Candice N. Hatcher-Solis   +3 more
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Human vagus nerve branching in the cervical region. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
BACKGROUND:Vagus nerve stimulation is increasingly applied to treat epilepsy, psychiatric conditions and potentially chronic heart failure. After implanting vagus nerve electrodes to the cervical vagus nerve, side effects such as voice alterations and ...
Niels Hammer, Juliane Glätzner, Christine Feja, Christian Kühne, Jürgen Meixensberger, Uwe Planitzer, Stefan Schleifenbaum, Bernhard N Tillmann, Dirk Winkler   +8 more
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