… The 6% initial body weight loss seen in the sham group in this study is similar to the sham
effect in the previous vagal nerve block trial (EMPOWER) 6 and to the control group in the …

… , called block efficacy, for evaluating the status of KES nerve block. This approach enables
quantitative validation and evaluation of the effects of KES nerve block. Quantification of block …

Background Vagal nerve blockade (vBloc) therapy was shown to be a safe and effective
treatment for moderate to severe obesity. This report summarizes the safety and efficacy of …

… that a bilateral nerve block of the pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerve would cause
DDSP in horses. We developed a unique, noninvasive technique to block these nerves using …

… side-effects. It has the potential to achieve greater specificity and provide crucial information
about vagal nerve physiology. Anodal block achieves strong side-effect mitigation too, but is …

… has been reported, but without documentation of afferent effects or of evoked activation of
nerve fibers. It is therefore unclear whether anodal block in VNS is a viable mechanism to …

… , and known mechanisms of vagal nerve stimulation and vagal blockade will be discussed.
… performed, looking at the effect of chronic cervical vagus nerve stimulation on metabolism (…

… of activation or inactivation of vagal nerve blockade (VNB). Seven obese subjects with
impaired fasting glucose previously enrolled in a long-term study to examine the effect of VNB on …

… also produced large effects [9–11], but these effects would be … We suspect that this prolonged
Sham effect may have … weight loss with intermittent vagal nerve block but not with a Sham …

… A prolongation of the AV and VA block cycle lengths and the AV … adjacent to the vagus nerve
with resultant effects on cardiac … block cycle length at baseline was 260 ms and during vagal …