Given its non-invasive nature, there is increasing interest in the use of transcutaneous vagus
nerve stimulation (tVNS) across basic, translational and clinical research …

Functional, molecular and genetic neuroimaging has highlighted the existence of brain
anomalies and neural vulnerability factors related to obesity and eating disorders such as …

This review highlights evidence for a role of the vagus nerve in the development of obesity
and how targeting the vagus nerve with neuromodulation or pharmacology can be used as a …

Although the preceding chapters discuss much of the new knowledge of neurocircuitry of
neuropsychiatric diseases, and an invasive approach to treatment, this chapter describes …

The prevalence of obesity has increased in recent decades, and obesity is now one of the
leading public health concerns on a worldwide scale. There is accumulating agreement that …

In addition to digesting and assimilating nutrients, the intestine and associated visceral
organs play a key sensing and signaling role in the physiology of energy homeostasis. The …

The gastrointestinal tract has extensive, surgically accessible nerve connections with the
central nervous system. This provides the opportunity to exploit rapidly advancing methods …

Results. Thirty-two patients received VNS during the period of the study. Eight patients have
been implanted for less than 2 years, and 24 for more than 2 years. Incomplete information …

Chronic vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is known to influence food intake and body weight in
animals and humans. The aim of our work was to evaluate the effects of long-term VNS in …

Objective. Neural signals along the vagus nerve (VN) drive many somatic and autonomic
functions. The clinical interest of VN stimulation (VNS) is thus potentially huge and has …