Tag: electroceuticals
Higuchi Fractal Dimension of Heart Rate Variability During Percutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Healthy and Diabetic Subjects
Since I’m hopeless at the math part of HRV, I contacted the developers of the software I use and they thought that Correlation Dimension was the calculation most akin to the Higuchi Fractal Dimension. I’ve been looking at that in some of the patients I’ve studied but can’t see much, at least yet. The authors…
Read MoreTranscutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation Regulates the Cholinergic Anti-inflammatory Pathway to Counteract 1, 2-Dimethylhydrazine Induced Colon Carcinogenesis in Albino wistar Rats.
I have no idea if we can extrapolate the parameters used in this study to humans, but nice to have them anyway. Incredible that they were able to see actual cytological changes with the TaVNS. Front Pharmacol. 2019 May 21;10:353. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00353. eCollection 2019. Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation Regulates the Cholinergic Anti-inflammatory Pathway to Counteract…
Read MoreAcupuncture and Neuromodulation: Napadow Editorial
When a White Horse is a Horse:Embracing the (Obvious?) Overlap Between Acupuncture and Neuromodulation As some patients may know, I was going to present at the NYC North American Neuromodulation conference in August. Due to family obligations, I had to cancel. My presentation was on a group of migraine patients and whether the addition of…
Read MoreUsing Neuromodulation for Migraine
Bioelectronics Company That is Targeting Migraine Treatment Raises $6 Million July 4, 2017 – Israel-based medical device company Theranica Bio-electronics raised $6 million in Series A financing, which it will use on the regulatory process for its first product, an acute treatment for migraine. The company said its device is in a pivotal study in…
Read MoreVagus Nerve Interactive Graphic
Article about vagus nerve stim and the different devices and companies that are promoting them
Read MoreAuricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation, fMRI Evidence in Humans
Part of the ongoing collection of posts about transcutaneous vagal nerve stim. Full article here. Non-invasive Access to the Vagus Nerve Central Projections via Electrical Stimulation of the External Ear: fMRI Evidence in Humans Brain Stimul. 2015 May-Jun;8(3):624-36. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2014.11.018. Epub 2014 Dec 6. Non-invasive Access to the Vagus Nerve Central Projections via Electrical Stimulation…
Read MoreScooped! Ear Stimulation and HRV
Turns out someone has done part of my study! Granted, they didn’t incorporate acupuncture and they used a slightly different part of the ear, AND 30hz instead of 2 hz. They showed an increase in HRV in their subjects, which I have not consistently shown in the clinic. Noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation in healthy…
Read MoreBetter Sleep Helps to Mitigate Alzheimer's Disease
Became aware of this very recent study listening to Science Friday. It features two issues, well even three that I’m deeply interested in. 1. Sleep. I’ve done a number of blog posts and newsletters on the importance of sleep and some natural means to sleep better. 2. Electroceuticals. The researcher, Matthew Walker from UC Berkeley…
Read MoreRio Grande Neuroscience: Electroceutical for Pain
I went to a talk a few weeks ago now by one of the principals at Rio Grande Neuroscience. They’re doing promising work using “peripheral electro magnetic field” (PEMF) therapy. From their site–> ” (Rio Grande) is pioneering the investigation and application of electroceuticals™ in medicine. Evidence from studies in humans, animals, and cell culture…
Read MoreImmunity and the Nervous System
Kevin Tracey is the researcher using implantable electrodes to stimulate the vagus nerve to damp down the hyperimmune response in rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions. This is the abstract from a talk at Cold Springs Harbor. Since acupuncture cured my allergies, I looked for a biomarker for treatment and have been measuring heart rate variability…
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