Vagal Nerve Stimulation
Late-onset jaw and teeth pain mimicking trigeminal neuralgia associated with chronic vagal nerve stimulation: case series and review of the literature
... the stimulation current intensity up to 1 mA and more was ...6-month stimulation-free period, patient 1 regained the tolerance for stimulating current up to ...of stimulation related pain was ...
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Parasympathetic dysfunction and antiarrhythmic effect of vagal nerve stimulation following myocardial infarction
... that vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) reduces inflammation and ischemia-driven ventricular arrhyth- mias if initiated at the time of or before onset of coronary artery occlusion ...regarding ...
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A new therapy modality for treatment-resistant depression: Vagal nerve stimulation
... the vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy in depression came from early observation of mood improvement in treatment resistant epileptic patients who were performed ...
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Original Article Short-term vagal nerve stimulation improves chronic heart failure via miR-133a-3p upregulation in a rat model
... stimulation. These results indicate that these miRNAs may be involved in the entire process of heart failure development after myocardial infarction, as well as ameliorated heart failure after vagal ...
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<p>Vagal Nerve Stimulation in Epilepsy: Experiences of Participants with Cognitive Deficits</p>
... Introduction: The purpose of this study was to examine patients ’ experiences of vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) with a special interest in patients with cognitive de fi cit (CD). Materials and Methods: ...
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Vagal Nerve Stimulation in Epileptic Encephalopathies
... seconds stimulation every 19 seconds), compared with the conventional stimula- tion (30 seconds stimulation every 5 minutes), did not lead to a reduction in seizure frequency in any ...
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Short-term discontinuation of vagal nerve stimulation alters 18F-FDG blood pool activity: an exploratory interventional study in epilepsy patients
... (1) stimulation of central, but not peripheral muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) results in an anti- inflammatory reaction [10]; (2) peripheral stimulation of α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors ...
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Treatment of chronic migraine with transcutaneous stimulation of the auricular branch of the vagal nerve (auricular t-VNS): a randomized, monocentric clinical trial
... Vagal nerve stimulation using implanted electrodes is used as a treatment option in otherwise therapy- refractory epilepsy and depression ...implanted vagal nerve stimulator for ...
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Acute physiological and electrical accentuation of vagal tone has no effect on pain or gastrointestinal motility in chronic pancreatitis
... transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation [t-VNS]) and physiological (using deep slow breathing [DSB]) modulation of parasympathetic tone results in pain attenuation and enhanced gut ...
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Obstructive sleep apnea and insight into mechanisms of sympathetic overactivity
... fact, vagal nerve stimulation has an antiinflam- matory effect (36), which may account for the dramatically prolonged survival docu- mented in animal models of heart failure ...
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MECHANISMS OF ADAPTATION OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE TO MUSCULAR EXERCISE
... vagal nerve stimulation on the relation be- tween left ventricular diastolic pressure and myocardial segment length. H.: Chapter,[r] ...
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Characterizing the transcutaneous electrical recruitment of lower leg afferents in healthy adults: implications for non-invasive treatment of overactive bladder
... multiple nerve targets. Bladder-inhibitory responses evoked by TN stimulation is a well-documented phenomenon that has been dem- onstrated in anesthetized animals [14–16], and also in human participants ...
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Tibial nerve stimulation with a miniature, wireless stimulator in chronic peripheral neuropathic pain
... active stimulation is sufficient and gives analgesic effect lasting 24 ...of stimulation is low from 10 to 20 ...electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) lasting, for instance, 20–30 minutes daily ...
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An Overview of Non-drug Therapies for the Treatment of Epilepsy
... with stimulation are occasional but more stimulated patients showed some symptoms like superficial infection, memory impairment, suicidal tendency, depression but on overall, they are within expected ranges ...
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Abstract: Bezold Jarisch reflex (BJR) is an eponym for a triad of responses namely: bradycardia, hypotension and
... unmyelinated vagal afferent nerve fibers, which constitute the afferent limb ...cardiac vagal afferent fibers enhances sympathetic activity and vascular resistance and promotes renin release and ...
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Effectiveness of percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation in the treatment of overactive bladder syndrome
... Abstract: Overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) is a common condition affecting adults and children worldwide, resulting in a substantial economic and psychological burden. Percutane- ous tibial nerve ...
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Hydrogen sulfide upregulated mRNA expressions of sodium bicarbonate cotransporter1, trefoil factor1 and trefoil factor2 in gastric mucosa in rats
... showed that NaHS was increased while propargylglycine decreased the level of mRNA expression of NBC1 compared to distention group. Therefore, these results together showed that exogenous and endogenous hydrogen sulfide ...
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Invasive occipital nerve stimulation for refractory chronic cluster headache: what evolution at long-term? Strengths and weaknesses of the method
... The remaining 10 patients have a mean follow-up of 71 months (Table 1, range 54–103). CH attacks recurred in all patients who were pain-free at the previous middle- term follow-up. In four patients (40 %), attacks ...
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Vestibular compensation in lampreys: role of vision at different stages of recovery of equilibrium control
... The present study and a previous one (Deliagina, 1997) have clearly shown that an artificially created asymmetry in tonic visual inputs, with prevailing activity of the contralateral (to UL) input, can immediately ...
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Effects of vagal stimulation on swimbladder blood flow in the european eel Anguilla anguilla
... The observation that neither the α- and β-adrenergic antagonists, phentolamine and propranolol, nor the muscarinic receptor antagonist atropine abolished the effects of vagal stimulation indicates that the ...
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