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Neurogenic inflammation and the peripheral nervous system in host defense and immunopathology.

Nat Neurosci. 2012 Jul 26;15(8):1063-7. doi: 10.1038/nn.3144. full article here Neurogenic inflammation and the peripheral nervous system in host defense and immunopathology. Chiu IM1, von...

Enterochromaffin Cells Are Gut Chemosensors that Couple to Sensory Neural Pathways.

Cell. 2017 Jun 29;170(1):185-198.e16. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.05.034. Epub 2017 Jun 22. full article here Enterochromaffin Cells Are Gut Chemosensors that Couple to Sensory Neural Pathways. Bellono...

Vagus nerve stimulation attenuates the systemic inflammatory response to endotoxin.

Filing here for research work I’m doing.  Great original paper on the neuro-inflammatory response Nature. 2000 May 25;405(6785):458-62. Vagus nerve stimulation attenuates the systemic inflammatory...

Investigational treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with a vibrotactile device applied to the external ear

Tracey has looked at HRV in conjunction with diseases of increased cytokines such as rhuematoid arthritis.  Too bad he didn’t look at it in this...

Pulse of Inflammation. HRV and the cholinergic pathway

Pulse of Inflammation. Heart Rate Variability, the cholinergic pathway, and Implications for therapy This paper is not new, but I was unaware of it before. ...

Stress, Mood and Immunity: The Gut Brain Axis

The genetics and epigenetics of immunity.

Thresholds of Myelinated Axons for Percutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Data Makes the Difference Detailed study on electrode placement and stimulation parameters. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2020 Mar 20. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2020.2982271. [Epub ahead of print]...

Core strength and Stress

  Ahtletic beautiful woman training at home – Young girl doing fitness in her apartment, concepts about fitness, sport and health Welcome to my world!! ...

Is It Possible That More of Us Are Immune to Covid 19 Than We Think?

A reminder that we still don’t know what the hell is going on

Biomarkers for TAVNS

This article looks at various biomarkers for TAVNS and whether it actually stimulates the vagus nerve. Psychophysiology. 2020 Mar 23:e13571. doi: 10.1111/psyp.13571. [Epub ahead of...