Angiotensin II and the cardiac parasympathetic nervous system in hypertension

J Shanks, R Ramchandra - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS) impacts cardiovascular homeostasis via
direct actions on peripheral blood vessels and via modulation of the autonomic nervous …

Closed-loop vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases: state of the art and future directions

MM Ottaviani, F Vallone, S Micera… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The autonomic nervous system exerts a fine beat-to-beat regulation of cardiovascular
functions and is consequently involved in the onset and progression of many cardiovascular …

A flexible protruding microelectrode array for neural interfacing in bioelectronic medicine

H Steins, M Mierzejewski, L Brauns, A Stumpf… - Microsystems & …, 2022 - nature.com
Recording neural signals from delicate autonomic nerves is a challenging task that requires
the development of a low-invasive neural interface with highly selective, micrometer-sized …

[HTML][HTML] Organ-and function-specific anatomical organization of vagal fibers supports fascicular vagus nerve stimulation

N Jayaprakash, W Song, V Toth, A Vardhan, T Levy… - Brain stimulation, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Spatially selective stimulation of the pig vagus nerve to modulate target effect versus side effect

SL Blanz, ED Musselman, ML Settell… - Journal of neural …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Electrical stimulation of the cervical vagus nerve using implanted electrodes (VNS) is FDA-
approved for the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy, treatment-resistant depression, and …

Vagal nerve stimulation reduces ventricular arrhythmias and mitigates adverse neural cardiac remodeling post–myocardial infarction

J Hadaya, AH Dajani, S Cha, P Hanna… - Basic to Translational …, 2023 - jacc.org
This study sought to evaluate the impact of chronic vagal nerve stimulation (cVNS) on
cardiac and extracardiac neural structure/function after myocardial infarction (MI). Groups …

Impact of non-pharmacological interventions on the mechanisms of atherosclerosis

D Matei, I Buculei, C Luca, CP Corciova… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Atherosclerosis remains the leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide
characterized by the deposition of lipids and fibrous elements in the form of atheroma …

Vagus nerve stimulation and its cardioprotective abilities: A systematic review

ABA Elamin, K Forsat, SS Senok… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Despite the vagus nerve stimulator (VNS) being used in neuroscience, it has recently been
highlighted that it has cardioprotective functions. However, many studies related to VNS are …

Organotopic organization of the porcine mid-cervical vagus nerve

N Thompson, E Ravagli, S Mastitskaya… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Despite detailed characterization of fascicular organization of somatic nerves,
the functional anatomy of fascicles evident in human and large mammal cervical vagus …

Immediate effects and duration of a short and single application of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on P300 event related potential

IG Gurtubay, DR Perez-Rodriguez… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) is a
neuromodulatory technique that stimulates the auricular branch of the vagus nerve. The …