Tag: vagal nerve stimulation
Benefits of Acupuncture for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
This abstract discusses some of the positive effects of acupuncture which help to mitigate the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease. Of course, of most interest to me is the effect on vagal activity. Unfortunately, there is no full text online. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2018 Dec 11. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izy371. [Epub ahead of print] Acupuncture in Inflammatory…
Read MoreThe Vagus Nerve Can Predict and Possibly Modulate Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases: Introducing a Neuroimmunological Paradigm to Public Health
This is a paper calling for monitoring of HRV and using neurostimulation for prevention of “non-communicable diseases” ie cancer, heart disease, and other chronic non-infectious conditions. It’s a combined effort of French, Belgian, and US researchers. I’m still picking my way through, but wanted to make this available to readers. It comes at a good…
Read MoreElectric Stimulation of Ear Reduces the Effect of Toll-Like Receptor 4 Signaling Pathway on Kainic Acid-Induced Epileptic Seizures in Rats
Study that shows benefit for ear stimulation, TAVNS, in rats with induced epilepsy. I was unaware that epilepsy had an inflammatory component. What condition doesn’t, I guess. Biomed Res Int. 2018 Feb 26;2018:5407256. doi: 10.1155/2018/5407256. eCollection 2018. Electric Stimulation of Ear Reduces the Effect of Toll-Like Receptor 4 Signaling Pathway on Kainic Acid-Induced Epileptic Seizures…
Read MoreAuricular Neuromodulation: The Emerging Concept beyond the Stimulation of Vagus and Trigeminal Nerves
Another article exploring the uses of transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation and the physiology of its effects. So many of the studies are small, so not definitive. I am also wary since there is a “gold rush” to produce expensive products to exploit the benefits of vagal nerve enhancement. Among the cited conditions that might…
Read MoreUsing HRV to Predict Success with Implanted Vagal Nerve Stimulators for Drug Resistent Epilepsy
This article achieves something that has always been on the back burner of my HRV project. That is, can we tell something about people’s likelihood to respond to treatment before we treat them, by analyzing their HRV? In my earliest research, I saw a correlation with patients’ stress response (LF/HF) on the treatment table with…
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 MoreNerve Stimulation: Immunomodulation and Control of Inflammation.
Immunomodulation and control of inflammation Torres Rosas 4.7.2018 Another great article by Luis Ulloa and Torres-Rosas. I can’t stress enough the importance of this kind of thinking. Calm your system, you calm inflammation and autoimmune. Trends Mol Med. 2017 Dec;23(12):1103-1120. doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2017.10.006. Epub 2017 Nov 20. Nerve Stimulation: Immunomodulation and Control of Inflammation. Ulloa L1,…
Read MoreAbstract for NANS meeting. TAVNS and Autonomic Balance in the Acupuncture Clinic: Clinical Case Study
This is my abstract for the upcoming NANS conference in NYC. It was accepted! So to NYC for me in August. Introduction: Improving autonomic balance (increasing parasympathetic activity and decreasing sympathetic activity)leads to better immunity, pain tolerance, mood, longevity and inflammation. Both Transcutaneous Auricular Vagal Nerve Stimulation (TAVNS)[i] and acupuncture[ii] [iii] [iv]have been shown to…
Read MoreTreating Depression with TaVNS: State of the Art and Future Perspectives
This paper is a terrific review of the science behind TaVNS (transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation) and how it pertains to treatment of major depression. They teased out the aspects of the Hamilton Depression Scale that were most affected by the TaVNS. They were anxiety, psychomotor, sleep disturbance, hopelessness. They also had some specifics for the…
Read MoreParameters for TAVNS
These researchers set out to determine the best parameters for TaVNS. The found 500μ and 25Hz or 10Hz were most effective. They used the tragus for stimulation. Tragus may not be the most effective, but it does have some effect on the auricular branch of the vagus nerve. The authors do not specify which ear…
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