Altered HRV in Adolescent Girls: A Cause of Anxiety?
Exercise AND acupuncture good for HRV too! This study sought to determine whether HRV measures, a measure of autonomic balance. corresponded to “internalizing symptoms” found...
Stellate ganglion block reduces symptoms of Long COVID: A case series.
I’m seeing more Long Covid in the clinic. As readers know, my interest for a long time is autonomic balance and its effects on health. ...
Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Modulating Neuro-Cardiovascular and Cognitive Performance.
These authors make the case that TAVNS, transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation, should be used in the aging population to help combat neurodegenerative diseases such as...
Heart Rate Variability and Cognitive Function: A Systematic Review
This article makes a case for evaluating HRV to detect early cognitive decline. It does not suggest improving autonomic balance as a means of improving...
Circadian stage-dependent and stimulation duration effects of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on heart rate variability
In this study there were 3 findings. 1. HRV showed significant improvement in vagal activity in the morning. In the evening there were no similar...
Effect of Transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation and Deep Breathing on HRV
Both deep breathing and TAVNS increased HRV in this study. I discourage patients’ deep breathing while I’m measuring their HRV during acupuncture treatment or acupuncture...
Different Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Parameters Modulate the Anti-Inflammatory Effects on Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Acute Inflammation in Mice
In this study, the researchers were measuring inflammatory marker levels as a function of the frequency of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagal Nerve Stimulation. They found that...
Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Improves Inflammation but Does Not Interfere with Cardiac Modulation and Clinical Symptoms of Individuals with COVID-19:
When I went to the Neuromodulation conference in May in Barcelona, there was a presentation by someone from Sevilla, who showed improvement in symptoms in...