12,481 results match your criteria: "Vagus Nerve Stimulation"

Background: Few treatments are available for individuals with marked treatment-resistant depression (TRD).

Objective: Evaluate the safety and effectiveness of FDA-approved adjunctive vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in patients with marked TRD.

Methods: This 12-month, multicenter, double-blind, sham-controlled trial included 493 adults with marked treatment-resistant major depression who were randomized to active or no-stimulation sham VNS for 12 months.

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Introduction: The seizures in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome are typically resistant to treatment. Seven antiseizure medications (ASMs) in the US (six in the UK/EU) are licensed for the treatment of seizures in LGS: lamotrigine, topiramate, rufinamide, clobazam, felbamate (not licensed in the UK/EU), cannabidiol and fenfluramine. Other options include neurostimulation, corpus callosotomy and dietary therapies, principally the ketogenic diet and its variants.

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Background: Depression treatments aim to minimize symptom burden and optimize quality of life (QoL) and psychosocial function.

Objective: Compare the effects of adjunctive versus sham vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) on QoL and function in markedly treatment-resistant depression (TRD).

Methods: In this multicenter, double-blind, sham-controlled trial, 493 adults with TRD and ≥4 adequate but unsuccessful antidepressant treatment trials (current episode) were randomized to active (n = 249) or sham (n = 244) VNS (plus treatment as usual) over a 12-month observation period.

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Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a severe developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) characterized by multiple types of drug-resistant seizures (which must include tonic seizures) with classical onset before 8 years (although some cases with later onset have also been described), abnormal electroencephalographic features, and cognitive and behavioral impairments. Management and treatment of LGS are challenging, due to associated comorbidities and the treatment resistance of seizures. A panel of five epileptologists reconvened to provide updated guidance and treatment algorithms for LGS, incorporating recent advancements in antiseizure medications (ASMs) and understanding of DEEs.

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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by developmental impairments, inattention, motor hyperactivity, and impulsivity. Currently, there is no effective intervention that can completely cure it. One of the pathogenic mechanisms of ADHD involves abnormalities in the norepinephrine (NE) pathway within the prefrontal cortex (PFC).

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Sex differences in heart rate and heart rate variability responses to transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation in rats.

Auton Neurosci

December 2024

Stress Physiology Lab, Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy. Electronic address:

The identification of reliable biomarkers of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) responsiveness is a key challenge both at the clinical and preclinical level. Vagally-mediated heart rate variability (vmHRV), a surrogate measure of cardiac vagal efferent activity, is an ideal candidate. Yet, the effects of taVNS on vmHRV remain inconclusive, likely due to the high degree of heterogeneity in stimulation protocols (e.

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Objectives: To examine the pain conditions that have been studied using transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS), the various methods and dosage configurations used, as well as identify current gaps in the literature.

Design: Scoping review with the literature search and reporting guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement-extension for scoping reviews.

Review Methods: A systematic search was conducted across four databases-Pubmed/Medline (n = 24), PsycInfo (n = 218), CINAHL (n = 114), and Scopus (n = 52)-comprising a total of 408 publications from peer-reviewed journals.

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Introduction: Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) is a promising therapy for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). This clinical trial aims to evaluate the influence of taVNS on autonomic functions, rectal sensation, and acetylcholine (Ach) levels and to explore potential mechanisms involving gut microbiota and metabolic profiles.

Methods: This study was a single-center, single-blind, randomized controlled trial executed at the First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Anhui, China.

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Objective: Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation () may be an innovative treatment for symptoms of knee osteoarthritis (OA) due to possible shared pathological mechanisms between diminished parasympathetic function, central pain mechanisms, and knee pain. Thus, we sought to test the safety and preliminary efficacy of tVNS in people with knee OA.

Design: A pilot trial in which participants received a 60-min tVNS was conducted.

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Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a therapeutic intervention previously shown to enhance fear extinction in rats. VNS is approved for use in humans for the treatment of epilepsy, depression, and stroke, and it is currently under investigation as an adjuvant to exposure therapy in the treatment of PTSD. However, the mechanisms by which VNS enhances extinction of conditioned fear remain unresolved.

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Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide. Although conventional treatments such as thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy are effective, their narrow therapeutic window limits long-term neurological recovery. Previous studies have shown that vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) enhances neurological recovery after ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury, and neuromedin U (NMU) has neuroprotective effects.

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Importance: Evidence from randomized clinical trials of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) for chronic insomnia disorder is lacking.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of taVNS for chronic insomnia compared with the sham taVNS.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This randomized clinical trial was conducted from October 2021 to December 2022 at a single center in Beijing, China.

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This review investigates the therapeutic potential of vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) in managing long COVID, a condition marked by persistent symptoms following acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. Long COVID manifests as ongoing fatigue, cognitive impairment, and autonomic dysfunction, hypothesized to arise from sustained inflammatory and neurological dysregulation. The vagus nerve, central to modulating systemic inflammation and autonomic homeostasis, represents a promising therapeutic target for symptom alleviation through VNS.

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A narrative review of vagus nerve stimulation in stroke.

J Cent Nerv Syst Dis

December 2024

Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.

Stroke is a significant health concern impacting society and the health care system. Reperfusion therapy for acute ischemic stroke and standard rehabilitative therapies may not always be effective at improving post-stroke neurological function, and developing alternative strategies is particularly important. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a treatment option currently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for intractable epilepsy, refractory depression, primary headache disorders, obesity, and moderate to severe upper-limb motor dysfunction in chronic ischemic stroke patients.

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Objective: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) paired with rehabilitation therapy improved motor status compared to rehabilitation alone in the phase III VNS-REHAB stroke trial, but treatment response was variable and not associated with any clinical measures acquired at baseline, such as age or side of paresis. We hypothesized that neuroimaging measures would be associated with treatment-related gains, examining performance of regional injury measures versus global brain health measures in parallel with clinical measures.

Methods: Baseline magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans in the VNS-REHAB trial were used to derive regional injury measures (extent of injury to corticospinal tract, the primary regional measure; plus extent of injury to precentral gyrus and postcentral gyrus; lesion volume; and lesion topography) and global brain health measures (degree of white matter hyperintensities, the primary global brain measure; plus volumes of cerebrospinal fluid, cortical gray matter, white matter, each thalamus, and total brain).

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Effectiveness and safety of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation for depression in patients with epilepsy.

Epilepsy Behav

December 2024

Department of Neurology, Epilepsy Center, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; Department of General Practice, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Intelligent Preventive Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address:

Objective: Our study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) for treating mild to moderate depression in patients with epilepsy (PWE).

Methods: A single-arm, prospective, multi-center, pre-post controlled study was conducted in Eastern China. After a four-week baseline period, PWE with mild to moderate depression began treatment with taVNS, administered for 30 min, three times daily, over a 12-week period.

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Neuromodulation techniques effectively intervene in cognitive function, holding considerable scientific and practical value in fields such as aerospace, medicine, life sciences, and brain research. These techniques utilize electrical stimulation to directly or indirectly target specific brain regions, modulating neural activity and influencing broader brain networks, thereby regulating cognitive function. Regulating cognitive function involves an understanding of aspects such as perception, learning and memory, attention, spatial cognition, and physical function.

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Optimizing non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation for treatment in stroke.

Neural Regen Res

December 2024

Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

Stroke remains a leading cause of long-term disability worldwide. There is an unmet need for neuromodulatory therapies that can mitigate against neurovascular injury and potentially promote neurological recovery. Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation has been demonstrated to show potential therapeutic effects in both acute and chronic stroke.

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World neurology updates: Other primary headache disorder - Treatment.

eNeurologicalSci

December 2024

NIHR King's Clinical Research Facility and Wolfson Sensory, Pain and Regeneration Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Kings College London, UK.

•The trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias are a severe disabling form of primary headache disorders characterized by severe unilateral pain commonly associated with ipsilateral cranial autonomic features as well as a sense of restlessness or agitation, of which the most common is cluster headache.•Different forms of trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias include cluster headache, paroxysmal hemicrania (PH), hemicrania continua (HC), short lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT)/short lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with cranial autonomic symptoms (SUNA) and are differentiated based on their duration and frequency•Triptans, such as sumatriptan by injection, high flow 100 % oxygen by face mask, or non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation, are mainstay acute treatments of attacks of cluster headache.•Interim preventive treatments to reduce attack frequency include a short course of high dose oral corticosteroids, local anesthetic/corticosteroid injection around the homolateral (to pain) greater occipital nerve or the CGRP monoclonal antibody galcanezumab.

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability throughout the world. Despite significant advances in medical care, many TBI survivors continue to have cognitive, physical, and psychological deficits that have a significant impact on their quality of life. Neuromodulation techniques, which use electrical or magnetic stimulation to modulate brain activity, have shown promise in the treatment of TBI symptoms.

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Computational modeling of autonomic nerve stimulation: Vagus et al.

Curr Opin Biomed Eng

December 2024

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University.

Computational models of electrical stimulation, block and recording of autonomic nerves enable analysis of mechanisms of action underlying neural responses and design of optimized stimulation parameters. We reviewed advances in computational modeling of autonomic nerve stimulation, block, and recording over the past five years, with a focus on vagus nerve stimulation, including both implanted and less invasive approaches. Few models achieved quantitative validation, but integrated computational pipelines increase the reproducibility, reusability, and accessibility of computational modeling.

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Background: Current inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treatments often fail to achieve lasting remission and have adverse effects. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) offers a promising therapy due to its anti-inflammatory effects. Its invasive nature, however, has led to the development of non-invasive methods like transcutaneous auricular VNS (taVNS).

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Background: The effect of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) on cognitive domain of attention and executive functions (AEFs) has not been extensively researched. This study was set up to investigate performance variability on cognitive tests assessing AEFs in drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) patients receiving VNS therapy during a follow-up of up to 5 years.

Methods: Thirty-three DRE patients were assessed with the interference, maze, and written verbal fluency tests as a part of EpiTrack screening before and after VNS implantation through repeated follow-ups according to the clinical VNS protocol.

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