Chronic cyclic vagus nerve stimulation has beneficial electrophysiological effects on healthy hearts in the absence of autonomic imbalance

Cardiovascular disease degrades the regulatory function of the autonomic nervous system. Cyclic vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is an already FDA‐approved therapy for drug‐resistant epilepsy and depression, and has been shown to normalize autonomic function and improve objective measures of heart func...

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Published in:Physiol Rep
Main Authors: Lee, Steven W., Li, Qinglu, Libbus, Imad, Xie, Xueyi, KenKnight, Bruce H., Garry, Mary G., Tolkacheva, Elena G.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4873636/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27173672
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.14814/phy2.12786
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