Main description:

Vagus nerve stimulation is rapidly being considered one of the most exciting areas of clinical advancement, with broad areas of interest that cross multiple disciplines. There is a tremendous amount of animal research being done. With the ability to stimulate the vagus nerve non-invasively, scientists now have the ability to translate the basic science work into clinical practice without the need for surgical intervention. Vagus Nerve Stimulation serves as a compendium of what is known about stimulating the vagus nerve in many different disease states. Chapters include applications to neurologic conditions, psychiatric conditions, inflammatory conditions, metabolic disease, reperfusion injuries, and cardiac disease.

Contents:

1. The Vagus nerve, a potent unrecognized modulator of disease and health

Section 2: Basic Science
2. Vagus Nerve Anatomy
3. CNS - neurotransmitters
4. CNS - hyperexcitability and Pain
5. CNS - inflammation
7. Peripheral and Splenic - inflammation
8. Liver/Pancreas/kidneys/WAT - metabolic
9. Gut - inflammation
10. Platelets - hemostasis
11. Vagus Nerve Stimulation Approaches in the cervical spine and head
12. Vagus Nerve stimulation approaches in the viscera

Section 3: Neurologic Conditions
13. VNS for Seizure Disorders
14. VNS for Cluster Headaches
15. VNS for Migraine Headaches (Alan Rapaport) include menstrual migraine
16. VNS for Rare Headache Conditions (SUNCT/SUNA/HC/NDPH
17. VNS for Concussion post traumatic headache and Traumatic brain injury

Section 4: Evolving therapy for neurologic conditions
18. VNS for Acute Ischemic Stroke and prevention
19. VNS for Stroke Recovery
20. VNS for Tinnitus
21. VNS To affect Aneurysm growth
22. VNS for Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinsons Disease
23. VNS for Cognitive Enhancement
24. VNS for Complex regional Pain Syndrome

Section 5: Psychiatric and Somatic Conditions
25. VNS for Depression
26. VNS for Anxiety
27. VNS for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
28. VNS for Fibromyalgia
29. VNS for Visceral Pain
30. VNS for TMD

Section 6: Conventional Inflammatory Conditions
31. VNS and Sepsis
32. VNS and Rheumatoid Arthritis
33. VNS and Sjogren's Disease, Psoriasis and Atopic Dermatitis and Scleroderma
34. VNS and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
35. VNS and Gastroparesis and Ileus
36. VNS and Asthma and cough
37. VNS and Anaphylaxis

Section 7: Metabolic Disease
38. VNS and Diabetes and HTN
39. VNS and NAFLD-NASH
40. VNS and Obesity
41. VNS and Hyperlipidemia

Section 8: Reperfusion Injury
42. VNS and Renal reperfusion injury
43. VNS and Vasculitis Coagulation Syndromes / Cardiac Disease an Multisystem disorders
44. VNS and Hemophilia and bleeding disorders
45. VNS and Myocardial infarction arrhythmia and heart failure
46. The Vagus nerve and cancer protection