scholarly journals Continuous Low-Level Vagus Nerve Stimulation Reduces Stellate Ganglion Nerve Activity and Paroxysmal Atrial Tachyarrhythmias in Ambulatory Canines

Circulation ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 123 (20) ◽  
pp. 2204-2212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark J. Shen ◽  
Tetsuji Shinohara ◽  
Hyung-Wook Park ◽  
Kyle Frick ◽  
Daniel S. Ice ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vagus Nerve ◽  
Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Vagus Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Stellate Ganglion ◽  
Nerve Activity ◽  
Atrial Tachyarrhythmias ◽  
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scholarly journals Low-level vagus nerve stimulation upregulates small conductance calcium-activated potassium channels in the stellate ganglion

Heart Rhythm ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 910-915 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark J. Shen ◽  
Hao-Che Chang ◽  
Hyung-Wook Park ◽  
A. George Akingba ◽  
Po-Cheng Chang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Potassium Channels ◽  
Vagus Nerve ◽  
Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Vagus Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Stellate Ganglion ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Calcium Activated Potassium Channels ◽  
Small Conductance

The role of low-level vagus nerve stimulation in cardiac therapy

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 675-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuhong Wang ◽  
Sunny S. Po ◽  
Benjamin J. Scherlag ◽  
Lilei Yu ◽  
Hong Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Vagus Nerve ◽  
Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Vagus Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Cardiac Therapy

Low-Level Vagus Nerve Stimulation Suppresses Post-Operative Atrial Fibrillation and Inflammation

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 929-938 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stavros Stavrakis ◽  
Mary Beth Humphrey ◽  
Benjamin Scherlag ◽  
Omer Iftikhar ◽  
Purvi Parwani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Vagus Nerve ◽  
Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Vagus Nerve Stimulation ◽  
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Post Operative Atrial Fibrillation

scholarly journals Low-Level Transcutaneous Electrical Vagus Nerve Stimulation Suppresses Atrial Fibrillation

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (9) ◽  
pp. 867-875 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stavros Stavrakis ◽  
Mary Beth Humphrey ◽  
Benjamin J. Scherlag ◽  
Yanqing Hu ◽  
Warren M. Jackman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Vagus Nerve ◽  
Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Vagus Nerve Stimulation ◽  
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scholarly journals Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation and emotional inhibition of return

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart Verkuil ◽  
Andreas Michael Burger
Keyword(s):  
Vagus Nerve ◽  
Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Vagus Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Inhibition Of Return ◽  
Emotional Information ◽  
Nerve Activity ◽  
Sham Stimulation ◽  
Fearful Faces ◽  
Exogenous Cueing ◽  
Cueing Task

People suffering from chronic worries pay excessive attention to emotional information. In this study we examined whether a reduced ability to inhibit attention from fearful faces (i.e. inhibition of return; IOR) can be attributed to the low vagus nerve activity observed in high worriers. Our pre-registered hypothesis was that transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) would enhance IOR to fearful faces. Ninety-four students who scored above a pre-determined cut-off on the Penn State Worry Questionnaire were randomly allocated to receive either tVNS (n = 45) or sham stimulation of the earlobe (n = 49). Meanwhile, to assess IOR, they performed an emotional exogenous cueing task wherein neutral and fearful faces predicted the target location at chance level. Resting levels of HRV were also collected before stimulation onset. Results showed that levels of trait worry were associated with reduced IOR, but resting levels of HRV were not. Critically, tVNS did not affect performance on the exogenous cueing task when compared to sham stimulation. These findings did not confirm the hypothesized causal role of vagus nerve activity in maintaining disrupted IOR for emotional information. They also provide evidence that high levels of worry are associated with generally reduced IOR. This points to a clear need to understand the neurobiological basis of inhibitory problems in worriers.

Inhibition of atrial fibrillation by low-level vagus nerve stimulation: the role of the nitric oxide signaling pathway

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stavros Stavrakis ◽  
Benjamin J. Scherlag ◽  
Youqi Fan ◽  
Yu Liu ◽  
Jun Mao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Vagus Nerve ◽  
Signaling Pathway ◽  
Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Vagus Nerve Stimulation ◽  
Nitric Oxide Signaling ◽  
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