Background: Vagal Nerve Stimulation (VNS) has been shown to be efficacious for the
treatment of depression, but to date, VNS devices have required surgical implantation, which …

Background COVID infection has been associated with long term sequalae (Long COVID)
which include neurological and behavioral effects in thousands of patients, but the etiology …

Abstract Background Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) is a serious public health problem, and the
behavioral and physiological effects of opioid withdrawal can be a major impediment to …

Objective: Variations in respiration patterns are a characteristic response to distress due to
underlying neurorespiratory couplings. Yet, no work to date has quantified respiration …

Stress is a major determinant of health and wellbeing. Conventional stress management
approaches do not account for the daily-living acute changes in stress that affect quality of …

Objective Exacerbated autonomic responses to acute stress are prevalent in posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD). The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of …

Background Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a highly disabling condition associated
with alterations in multiple neurobiological systems, including increases in inflammatory and …

Research has shown that transcutaneous cervical vagus nerve stimulation (tcVNS) yields
downstream changes in peripheral physiology in individuals afflicted with posttraumatic …

Background The autonomic nervous system (ANS) maintains physiological homeostasis in
various organ systems via parasympathetic and sympathetic branches. ANS function is …

Transcutaneous electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve is believed to deliver afferent
signaling to the brain that, in turn, yields downstream changes in peripheral physiology …