Tag: Neuromodulation
Editorial: Neural Substrates of Acupuncture: From Peripheral to Central Nervous System Mechanisms
This editorial article summarized recent acupuncture research found. It came up on my feed because of Vitaly Napadow, friend of blog. He’s branched out so much in his research, I’m glad to see him still intimately involved in acupuncture issues. Vitaly Napadow,1,* Florian Beissner,2 Yiwen Lin,3 Younbyoung Chae,4 and Richard E. Harris5 Author information Article…
Read MoreClinic Data and the Ongoing Research into Using HRV as a Biomarker of Successful Treatment
As careful readers of the blog know, I’ve been looking at HRV in conjunction with Acupuncture for a very long time. I’ve added TAVNS to the mix because it’s a treatment that can be used at home to help reinforce acupuncture treatment or even to be used on its own. Fortunately for me, there are…
Read MoreTAVNS, or Non-invasive stimulation of vagal afferents reduces gastric frequency.
It is not surprising that transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation would affect the GI system since it is innervated by the vagus. But this study makes the connection in an elegant way. But pointing out that the end organ, the stomach, is affected by TAVNS, you see the actual, real life results of this intervention. …
Read MoreAuricular Acupuncture and Vagal Regulation
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012; 2012: 786839. Published online 2012 Nov 27. doi: 10.1155/2012/786839 PMCID: PMC3523683 PMID: 23304215 Auricular Acupuncture and Vagal Regulation Wei He, Xiaoyu Wang, Hong Shi, Hongyan Shang, Liang Li, Xianghong Jing,* and Bing Zhu* Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer This article has been cited by other articles…
Read MoreA novel controller based on state-transition models for closed-loop vagus nerve stimulation: Application to heart rate regulation.
Complicated system of feedback for implanted vagus nerve stimulators. Posted for the record. PLoS One. 2017 Oct 27;12(10):e0186068. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186068. eCollection 2017. A novel controller based on state-transition models for closed-loop vagus nerve stimulation: Application to heart rate regulation. Romero-Ugalde HM1,2, Le Rolle V1,2, Bonnet JL3, Henry C3, Bel A4, Mabo P1,2,5, Carrault G1,2, Hernández…
Read MoreModulation of brainstem activity and connectivity by respiratory-gated auricular vagal afferent nerve stimulation in migraine patients.
If this is a repeat post on this article, my apologies, but I couldn’t seem to find it in the archive so am reposting. Full article here Pain. 2017 Aug;158(8):1461-1472. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000930. Modulation of brainstem activity and connectivity by respiratory-gated auricular vagal afferent nerve stimulation in migraine patients. Garcia RG1, Lin RL, Lee J, Kim…
Read MoreEffects of Electrical Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation on the Perceived Intensity of Repetitive Painful Heat Stimuli: A Blinded Placebo- and Sham-Controlled Randomized Crossover Investigation.
This article by a similar group makes a somewhat startling conclusion, but one which I had noticed in the clinic and thought it was spurious. Only in male participants, TVNS was superior to sham and placebo conditions in the reduction of heat pain before the onset of TSP. I don’t look at pain thresholds, but…
Read MoreLessons learned from transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation: Epilepsy
The author was kind enough to send me a copy of the full paper. The upshot was that there was no statistically significant reduction at 28 days, but there was at 20 weeks. The patients are getting hours of stim per day. I wanted to underscore this take away. Because numerous parameters of brain stimulation…
Read MoreTranscutaneous vagal nerve stimulation may elicit anti- and pro-nociceptive effects under experimentally-induced pain – a crossover placebo-controlled investigation.
I met Usichenko in Barcelona at a conference there. I was giving a talk and he was in the audience. I wish I had been able to spend a bit more time with him. He seems interested in the same things I am. In my next post, I will link to a more recent study….
Read MoreEar Stimulation (TAVNS) to slow down aging process
It seems we’re finding uses for TAVNS everywhere! They call it “tickling” which I think is great marketing. Come to think of it, I should be doing more of it for myself, in addition to acupuncture… I’m adding an update here to emphasize an interesting takeaway. Subjects in this study who had higher sympathetic activity…
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