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 …

Objective. Electrical vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has the potential to treat a wide variety of
diseases by modulating afferent and efferent communication to the heart, lungs, esophagus …

Objective. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), which involves a surgical procedure to place
electrodes directly on the vagus nerve (VN), is approved clinically for the treatment of …

Objective. We demonstrated how automated simulations to characterize electrical nerve
thresholds, a recently published open-source software for modeling stimulation of peripheral …

Background Neuromodulation by electrical stimulation of the human cervical vagus nerve
may be limited by adverse side effects due to stimulation of off-target organs. It may be …

Background Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is an established therapy for treating a variety of
chronic diseases, such as epilepsy, depression, obesity, and for stroke rehabilitation …

Objective Clinical data suggest that efficacious vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is limited by
side effects such as cough and dyspnea that have stimulation thresholds lower than those …

Background Reduced heart rate (HR) during vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is associated
with therapy for heart failure, but stimulation frequency and amplitude are limited by patient …

Despite current knowledge of the myriad physiological effects of vagus nerve stimulation
(VNS) in various mammalian species (including humans), the impact of varying stimulation …

The mechanism of action of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) for pharmacoresistant epilepsy is
unknown and the therapeutic outcome is highly variable. We investigated stimulation …