ArticleBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Understanding the Pivotal Role of the Vagus Nerve in Health from Pandemics.
Article in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Infection on Heart Rate Variability: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies with Control Groups.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Alzheimer's disease-associated CD83(+) microglia are linked with increased immunoglobulin G4 and human cytomegalovirus in the gut, vagal nerve, and brain.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- Case Report: The Rehabilitation of a Patient with Acute Transverse Myelitis after COVID-19 Vaccination.Clinics and practice · 2024Article
- Long term follow-up of heart rate variability in healthcare workers with mild COVID-19.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- The brain-liver cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway and viral infections.Bioelectronic medicine · 2023Review
- Emerging Field-Effect Transistor Biosensors for Life Science Applications.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Application of Original Therapy for Stimulation of Oral Areas Innervated by the Trigeminal Nerve in a Child with Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Editorial: Neuromodulation in COVID-19: From basic research to clinical applications.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Dysbiosis of Gut Microbiota from the Perspective of the Gut-Brain Axis: Role in the Provocation of Neurological Disorders.Metabolites · 2022Review
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic seems endless with the regular emergence of new variants. Is the SARS-CoV-2 virus particularly evasive to the immune system, or is it merely disrupting communication between the body and the brain, thus pre-empting homeostasis? Retrospective analysis of the COVID-19 and AIDS pandemics, as well as prion disease, emphasizes the pivotal but little-known role of the 10th cranial nerve in health. Considering neuroimmunometabolism from the point of view of the vagus nerve, non-invasive bioengineering solutions aiming at monitoring and stimulating the vagal tone are subsequently discussed as the next optimal and global preventive treatments, far beyond pandemics.
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