The role of the vagus nerve in fibromyalgia syndrome

DF Martins, FJF Viseux, DC Salm, ACA Ribeiro… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fibromyalgia (FM) syndrome is a common illness characterized by chronic widespread pain,
sleep problems, fatigue, and cognitive difficulties. Dysfunctional neurotransmitter systems …

Pain: is it all in the brain or the heart?

AM Alshami - Current Pain and Headache Reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Scientists have reported that pain is always created by the
brain. This may not be entirely true. Pain is not only a sensory experience, but also can be …

Effectiveness of acupuncture for pain control after cesarean delivery: a randomized clinical trial

TI Usichenko, BJ Henkel, C Klausenitz… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance A pharmacological approach to pain control after cesarean delivery is often
insufficient on its own. Acupuncture is a promising method for mitigating postoperative pain …

Vagus nerve stimulation and Neurotrophins: a biological psychiatric perspective

P Rosso, A Iannitelli, F Pacitti, A Quartini, E Fico… - Neuroscience & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Since 2004, vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has been used in treatment-resistant or
treatment-intolerant depressive episodes. Today, VNS is suggested as possible therapy for …

A virtual reality meditative intervention modulates pain and the pain neuromatrix in patients with opioid use disorder

MM Faraj, NM Lipanski, A Morales, E Goldberg… - Pain …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objective Standard of care for opioid use disorder (OUD) includes medication and
counseling. However, there is an unmet need for complementary approaches to treat OUD …

Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation prevents the development of, and reverses, established oesophageal pain hypersensitivity

AD Farmer, A Albusoda, G Amarasinghe… - Alimentary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background The vagus nerve exerts an anti‐nociceptive effect on the viscera. Aim To
investigate whether transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation (t‐VNS) prevents the …

Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation combined with slow breathing: speculations on potential applications and technical considerations

MT Szulczewski - Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) is a relatively novel
noninvasive neurostimulation method that is believed to mimic the effects of invasive …

Noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation: a new therapeutic approach for pharmacoresistant restless legs syndrome

S Hartley, G Bao, M Zagdoun, S Chevallier… - … : Technology at the …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aims This work aimed to study the effect of noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation on severe
restless legs syndrome (RLS) resistant to pharmacotherapy. Materials and Methods Patients …

Motivational non-directive resonance breathing as a treatment for chronic widespread pain

CE Paccione, HB Jacobsen - Frontiers in psychology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Chronic widespread pain (CWP) is one of the most difficult pain conditions to treat due to an
unknown etiology and a lack of innovative treatment design and effectiveness. Based upon …

[HTML][HTML] Vagus nerve stimulation paired with tones restores auditory processing in a rat model of Rett syndrome

KS Adcock, C Chandler, EP Buell, BR Solorzano… - Brain stimulation, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Rett syndrome is a rare neurological disorder associated with a mutation in the
X-linked gene MECP2. This disorder mainly affects females, who typically have seemingly …