The vagus nerve (VN), the “great wondering protector” of the body, comprises an intricate
neuro‐endocrine‐immune network that maintains homeostasis. With reciprocal neural …

Vagus-nerve stimulation (VNS) is now an accepted treatment for patients with refractory
epilepsy. There have been many studies suggesting that VNS affects the brain in such areas …

Purpose: Epilepsy is associated with near‐fatal and fatal arrhythmias, and sudden
unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is partly related to cardiac events. Dysfunction of the …

Experiments in acute and chronic animal models of epilepsy provide mechanistic insight into
the acute abortive, acute prophylactic, and chronic progressive prophylactic, anti-seizure …

Vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) is known to improve cognitive processing, presumably by
affecting activity in central nervous system structures that process recently acquired …

The cardiac autonomic nervous system (cANS) regulates cardiac adaptation to different
demands. The heart is an asymmetrical organ, and in the selection of adequate treatment of …

In this short overview a reappraisal of the anatomical connections of vagal afferents is
reported. The manuscript moves from classic neuroanatomy to review details of vagus nerve …

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is currently undergoing multiple trials to explore its potential
for various clinical disorders. To date, VNS has been approved for the treatment of refractory …

Background: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is associated with respiratory effects such as
hoarseness, dyspnea, and laryngeal irritation. The effects of VNS on sleep-related breathing …

Purpose: Early animal studies of the therapeutic mechanisms of vagus nerve stimulation
(VNS) suggested that seizure suppression requires maximal activation of small …