Guiraud D, Andreu D, Bonnet S, Carrault G, Couderc P, Hagège A, Henry C, Hernandez A, Karam N, Le Rolle V, Mabo P, Maciejasz P, Malbert CH, Marijon E, Maubert S, Picq C, Rossel O, Bonnet JL. Vagus nerve stimulation: state of the art of stimulation and recording strategies to address autonomic function neuromodulation.
J Neural Eng 2016;
13:041002. [PMID:
27351347 DOI:
10.1088/1741-2560/13/4/041002]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
Neural signals along the vagus nerve (VN) drive many somatic and autonomic functions. The clinical interest of VN stimulation (VNS) is thus potentially huge and has already been demonstrated in epilepsy. However, side effects are often elicited, in addition to the targeted neuromodulation.
APPROACH
This review examines the state of the art of VNS applied to two emerging modulations of autonomic function: heart failure and obesity, especially morbid obesity.
MAIN RESULTS
We report that VNS may benefit from improved stimulation delivery using very advanced technologies. However, most of the results from fundamental animal studies still need to be demonstrated in humans.
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