TAVNS for Disorders of Conciousness (Vegetative State)
North Lake, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Having just attended a Neuromodulation Conference where my interest was in TAVNS, (Transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation), this study...
Poster Presentation INS Barcelona: HRV as biomarker for successful TAVNS treatment during acupuncture
I realize the poster is hard to read. Feel free to go to the link for a better view. Basically, I was trying to see...
Nanoporous Acupuncture needle for enhanced results
I mentioned this needle before. I am keenly interested in it, because of my hunch that there is something about the actual needling, the micro...
Does transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (TAVNS) affect vagally mediated heart rate variability (HRV)?
I wish I could say that I vehemently disagree with the conclusion of this literature review that TAVNS does not affect HRV. As mentioned in...
INS Barcelona 2022 HRV as Biomarker for Effective Clinical TAVNS
This is the abstract for my contribution to the International Neuromodulation Society World Congress in Barcelona May 21 to May 26th 2022. The post with...
The significance of “A neuroanatomical basis for electroacupuncture to drive the vagal-adrenal axis
This article is emphasizing the significance of this recent Nature article. It is hard to overstate how groundbreaking the original article was. We need better,...
Electroacupuncture Ameliorates Acute Pancreatitis: A Role for the Vagus Nerve-Mediated Cholinergic Anti-Inflammatory Pathway
San Francisco Sity Sights. Nob Hill Still working on my Inflammation Chapter. It is still a hot mess, but I may as well keep introduction...
Identifying Dose Components of Manual Acupuncture to Determine the Dose–Response Relationship of Acupuncture Treatment: A Systematic Review
I have always wanted to study this topic. I had thought that if I could make my HRV analysis extremely reliable, I would be able...