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

The vagus nerve represents the main component of the parasympathetic nervous system,
which oversees a vast array of crucial bodily functions, including control of mood, immune …

Chronic stress constitutes a major risk factor for depression that can disrupt various aspects
of homeostasis, including the gut microbiome (GM). We have recently shown that GM …

Several studies have illustrated that transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) can
elicit therapeutic effects that are similar to those produced by its invasive counterpart, vagus …

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is widely used to treat drug-resistant epilepsy and
depression. While the precise mechanisms mediating its long-term therapeutic effects are …

Background Electrical stimulation of the auricular branch of the vagus nerve (ABVN) via
transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) may influence afferent vagal …

Brain diseases, including neurodegenerative, cerebrovascular and neuropsychiatric
diseases, have posed a deleterious threat to human health and brought a great burden to …

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has emerged as a therapy to treat a wide range of
neurological disorders, including epilepsy, depression, stroke, and tinnitus. Activation of …

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is an established form of neuromodulation with a long history
of promising applications. Earliest reports of VNS in the literature date to the late 1800's in …

For decades, numerous seminal studies have built our understanding of the locus coeruleus
(LC), the vertebrate brain's principal noradrenergic system. Containing a numerically small …