Publicaties
Vagus nerve compound action potentials (CAPs) verify vagus nerve stimulation in rats Universiteit Gent
Vagus nerve stimulation-induced laryngeal motor evoked potentials : a possible biomarker of effective nerve activation Universiteit Gent
Assessment of nerve cathodal block for the percutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation Universiteit Gent
Functional electrical stimulation of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve using a vagus nerve stimulator in a normal horse Universiteit Gent
Current directions in the auricular vagus nerve stimulation I - A physiological perspective Universiteit Gent
Effects of short and prolonged transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation on heart rate variability in healthy subjects Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
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. These are the reasons to activate this nerve. This study examined the effects of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (t-VNS) on a main index of vagal activity, namely heart rate variability (HRV). In Study 1, we compared short (10min) left versus right ear t-VNS ...
Reduced distractor interference during vagus nerve stimulation Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Gent
Suppressing irrelevant information in decision making is an essential everyday skill. We studied whether this ability could be improved in epileptic patients during vagus nerve stimulation (VNS). VNS is known to increase norepinephrine (NE) in the brain. NE is thought to improve several aspects of cognitive control, including the suppression of irrelevant information. Nineteen epileptic VNS patients executed the Eriksen flanker task twice, ...
Ambiguous effect of signals transmitted by the vagus nerve on fibrosarcoma incidence and survival of tumor-bearing rats Vrije Universiteit Brussel
While the parasympathetic nervous system appears to be involved in the regulation of tumor progression, its exact role is still unclear. Therefore, using a rat BP6-TU2 fibrosarcoma tumor model, we investigated the effect of (1) reduction of vagal activity produced by subdiaphragmatic vagotomy; and (2) enhancement of vagal activity produced by continuous delivery of electric impulses to the cervical part of the vagus nerve on tumor development ...