Vagus nerve stimulation: a personalized therapeutic approach for crohn's and other inflammatory bowel diseases

G Cirillo, F Negrete-Diaz, D Yucuma, A Virtuoso… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Inflammatory bowel diseases, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, are incurable
autoimmune diseases characterized by chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract …

Heart rate variability analyses in Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

KG Heimrich, T Lehmann, P Schlattmann, T Prell - Brain Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recent evidence suggests that the vagus nerve and autonomic dysfunction play an
important role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. Using heart rate variability …

Re-thinking the etiological framework of neurodegeneration

X Castillo, S Castro-Obregón… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Neurodegenerative diseases are among the leading causes of disability and death
worldwide. The disease-related socioeconomic burden is expected to increase with the …

Slowing down as we age: aging of the cardiac pacemaker's neural control

S Choi, M Baudot, O Vivas, CM Moreno - Geroscience, 2022 - Springer
The cardiac pacemaker ignites and coordinates the contraction of the whole heart,
uninterruptedly, throughout our entire life. Pacemaker rate is constantly tuned by the …

Melatonin is a potential inhibitor of ovarian cancer: molecular aspects

H Zare, R Shafabakhsh, RJ Reiter, Z Asemi - Journal of ovarian research, 2019 - Springer
Ovarian cancer is one of the most common causes of morbidity related to gynecologic
malignancies. Possible risk factors are including hereditary ovarian cancer, obesity …

Persistent increase of sympathetic activity in post-acute COVID-19 of Paucisymptomatic healthcare workers

F Liviero, ML Scapellato, F Folino, A Moretto… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Healthcare workers (HCWs) represent a population with a significant burden of
paucisymptomatic COVID-19, as the general population. We evaluated autonomic nervous …

Complexity and entropy in physiological signals (ceps): Resonance breathing rate assessed using measures of fractal dimension, heart rate asymmetry and …

D Mayor, T Steffert, G Datseris, A Firth, D Panday… - Entropy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: As technology becomes more sophisticated, more accessible methods of
interpretating Big Data become essential. We have continued to develop Complexity and …

[HTML][HTML] Measurement of cancer-related fatigue based on heart rate variability: observational study

CH Shih, PC Chou, TL Chou, TW Huang - Journal of Medical Internet …, 2021 - jmir.org
Background Cancer-related fatigue is a serious side effect of cancer, and its treatment can
disrupt the quality of life of patients. Clinically, the standard method for assessing cancer …

Serious infection may systemically increase noradrenergic signaling and produce psychological effects

PJ Fitzgerald - Medical Hypotheses, 2020 - Elsevier
Serious infection elicits inflammatory processes that act through a range of molecular
pathways, including cytokine signaling. It is not established however that noradrenaline …

Decreased heart rate variability in individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

RMM Pimentel, H Macedo Jr, VE Valenti… - Respiratory …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
BACKGROUND: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is considered a multisystem
degenerative disease due to its autonomic dysfunction effects. Autonomic cardiac control …