ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine2019
Vagus Nerve Stimulation at the Interface of Brain-Gut Interactions.
Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 129 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Neuro-immune interactions in gastrointestinal oncology: Mechanisms, challenges, and therapeutic potential.Innovation (Cambridge (Mass.)) · 2026Review
- Implantation of a passive electrical neurostimulation device achieves inflammatory modulation in rodents.Communications biology · 2026Article
- A Review of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Disease: Comprehensive Theory and Evidence for Mechanisms of Action.Comprehensive physiology · 2026Review
- Probiotics as Modulators of Adult Neurogenesis and Synaptic Plasticity: New Perspectives in the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Affective Disorders.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation Attenuates Cognitive Impairment in Traumatic Brain Injury via the mtDNA/cGAS-STING/NLRP3 Inflammasome Axis.Neurocritical care · 2026Article
- Spatial Modulation of Immune Cell Distribution and Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines by Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) in a Preclinical Model of Ulcerative Colitis: A Descriptive Study.Journal of inflammation research · 2026Article
- Efficacy and mechanisms of vagus nerve stimulation in irritable bowel syndrome: a comprehensive literature review.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Vagus nerve stimulation: An update of currently registered clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov.Surgical neurology international · 2026Review
- Noninvasive electrical neuromodulation involving vagus nerve mechanism for functional constipation and irritable bowel syndrome with constipation.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2026Review
- The liver-gut-brain axis in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: bidirectional communication, clinical implications, and future perspectives.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Review
- Gut microbes-spinal connection is required for itch sensation.Gut microbes · 2025Article
- How the gut microbiome shapes learning and memory: A comprehensive review.IBRO neuroscience reports · 2025Review
- Electroacupuncture alleviates cognitive impairments in APP/PS1 mice via gastric vagal afferent-mediated activation of the nucleus tractus solitarius‒locus coeruleus noradrenergic circuit.Chinese medicine · 2025Article
- Transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Gastrointestinal Disorders.Journal of translational gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Impact of Psychopathology and Gut Microbiota on Disease Progression in Ulcerative Colitis: A Five-Year Follow-Up Study.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- The Role of Neuroinflammation in the Comorbidity of Psychiatric Disorders and Internal Diseases.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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Abstract
The vagus nerve, a key component of the cross-communication between the gut and the brain, is a major element of homeostasis sensing the "milieu intérieur" and boosting the nervous and endocrine responses to maintain the gastrointestinal health status. This nerve has anti-inflammatory properties regulating the gut through the activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the release of cortisol and through a vagovagal reflex, which has an anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) effect called the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway. Stimulating this nerve is an interesting tool as a nondrug therapy for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases in which brain-gut communication is dysfunctional, such as inflammatory bowel disorders and others. This review presents the rationale of vagal gastrointestinal physiology and diseases and the most recent advances in vagus nerve stimulation. It also highlights the main issues to be addressed in the future to improve this bioelectronic therapy for gastrointestinal disorders.
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