The gastrointestinal tract plays a role in the development and treatment of metabolic
diseases. During a meal, the gut provides crucial information to the brain regarding …

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

Biomedical sensors have been essential in improving healthcare outcomes over the past 30
years, though limited power source access and user wearability restraints have prevented …

Interoception, the sense of the body's internal physiological state, underpins homeostatic
reflexes, motivational states, and sensations contributing to emotional experiences. The …

Electrical stimulation of the auricular vagus nerve (aVNS) is an emerging technology in the
field of bioelectronic medicine with applications in therapy. Modulation of the afferent vagus …

Overeating disorders (ODs), usually stemming from dieting history and stress, remain a
pervasive issue in contemporary society, with the pathological mechanisms largely …

A fundamental question of physiology is how gut-brain signaling stimulates appetite. While
many studies have emphasized the importance of vagal afferents to the brain in inducing …

Under conditions leading to aging and metabolic syndrome, the hypothalamus atypically
undergoes proinflammatory signaling activation leading to a chronic and stable background …

According to Descartes, minds and bodies are distinct kinds of “substance”, and they cannot
have causal interactions. However, in neuroscience, the two-way interaction between the …

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