The vagus nerve is a major component of the autonomic nervous system, has an important
role in the regulation of metabolic homeostasis, and plays a key role in the neuro-endocrine …

The parasympathetic nervous system modulates inflammation through efferent vagus nerve
signaling. Tracey (2002) termed this process as the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway …

Purpose: Epilepsy is associated with near‐fatal and fatal arrhythmias, and sudden
unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is partly related to cardiac events. Dysfunction of the …

The central nervous system interacts dynamically with the immune system to modulate
inflammation through humoral and neural pathways. Recently, in animal models of sepsis …

Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) is a non‐invasive neurostimulation
technique that is currently being tested as a potential treatment for a myriad of neurological …

The vagus nerve is strategically located in the body, and has multiple homeostatic and
health-promoting effects. Low vagal activity predicts onset and progression of diseases …

Our objective was to critically evaluate the literature surrounding heart rate variability (HRV)
in people with epilepsy and to make recommendations as to how future research could be …

Background: Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by an invasion of the alveolar
epithelial cells by coronavirus 19. The most severe outcome of the disease is the Acute …

In several central nervous system diseases, it has been reported that inflammation may be
related to the etiologic process, therefore, therapeutic strategies are being implemented to …

Although vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a common procedure, seizure outcomes are
heterogeneous, with few available means to preoperatively identify the ideal surgical …