Towards enhanced functionality of vagus neuroprostheses through in silico optimized stimulation

F Ciotti, R John, N Katic Secerovic, N Gozzi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Bioelectronic therapies modulating the vagus nerve are promising for cardiovascular,
inflammatory, and mental disorders. Clinical applications are however limited by side-effects …

Computational Modeling of Autonomic Nerve Stimulation: Vagus et al.

WM Grill, NA Pelot - Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Computational models of electrical stimulation, block and recording of autonomic nerves
enable analysis of mechanisms of action underlying neural responses and design of …

[HTML][HTML] kHz-frequency electrical stimulation selectively activates small, unmyelinated vagus afferents

YC Chang, U Ahmed, N Jayaprakash, I Mughrabi… - Brain stimulation, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Vagal reflexes regulate homeostasis in visceral organs and systems through
afferent and efferent neurons and nerve fibers. Small, unmyelinated, C-type afferents …

Validated computational models predict vagus nerve stimulation thresholds in preclinical animals and humans

ED Musselman, NA Pelot, WM Grill - Journal of Neural …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. We demonstrated how automated simulations to characterize electrical nerve
thresholds, a recently published open-source software for modeling stimulation of peripheral …

A modelling study to dissect the potential role of voltage-gated ion channels in activity-dependent conduction velocity changes as identified in small fiber neuropathy …

A Maxion, E Kutafina, MF Dohrn, P Sacré… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Objective Patients with small fiber neuropathy (SFN) suffer from neuropathic pain, which is
still a therapeutic problem. Changed activation patterns of mechano-insensitive peripheral …

Computational modelling of nerve stimulation and recording with peripheral visceral neural interfaces

CD Eiber, SC Payne, NP Biscola… - Journal of neural …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Neuromodulation of visceral nerves is being intensively studied for treating a wide
range of conditions, but effective translation requires increasing the efficacy and …

NRV: An open framework for in silico evaluation of peripheral nerve electrical stimulation strategies

T Couppey, L Regnacq, R Giraud… - PLOS Computational …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves has been used in various pathological contexts for
rehabilitation purposes or to alleviate the symptoms of neuropathologies, thus improving the …

Laterality, sexual dimorphism, and human vagal projectome heterogeneity shape neuromodulation to vagus nerve stimulation

NP Biscola, PM Bartmeyer, Y Beshay, E Stern… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Neuromodulation by vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) provides therapeutic benefits in multiple
medical conditions, including epilepsy and clinical depression, but underlying mechanisms …

Reverse-engineered models reveal differential membrane properties of autonomic and cutaneous unmyelinated fibers

BJ Thio, ND Titus, NA Pelot… - PLOS Computational …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Unmyelinated C-fibers constitute the vast majority of axons in peripheral nerves and play
key roles in homeostasis and signaling pain. However, little is known about their ion channel …

Computational models of compound nerve action potentials: Efficient filter-based methods to quantify effects of tissue conductivities, conduction distance, and nerve …

E Peña, NA Pelot, WM Grill - PLoS computational biology, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Peripheral nerve recordings can enhance the efficacy of neurostimulation
therapies by providing a feedback signal to adjust stimulation settings for greater efficacy or …