Tag: transcutaneous vagal stimulation
Electric 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 MoreTranscutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation to the Neck
Study showing that stimulation of the vagus nerve in the neck elicits the same brain activity as invasive (implanted) vagal nerve stimulation, or auricular vagal nerve stim. As patients and blog readers know, I study vagal response with HRV in the clinic in conjunction with acupuncture. But I’m keenly interested in noninvasive vagal nerve stimulation…
Read MoreTranscutaneous Electrical Vagal Stim for Migraine
This company. electrocore, is developing a handheld vagal nerve stimulation device that patients apply to their neck (presumably) for 2 minutes, twice daily and have had some good results. Similar, but not as good as the results I’ve had for treating migraine with acupuncture. lead investigator, Peter Goadsby from UCSF
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