Murray, AR orcid.org/0000-0003-0351-5555, Atkinson, L, Mahadi, MK et al. (2 more authors) (2016) The strange case of the ear and the heart: the auricular vagus nerve and its influence on cardiac control. Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, 199. pp. 48-53. ISSN 1566-0702
Abstract
The human ear seems an unlikely candidate for therapies aimed at improving cardiac function, but the ear and the heart share a common connection: the vagus nerve. In recent years there has been increasing interest in the auricular branch of the vagus nerve (ABVN), a unique cutaneous subdivision of the vagus distributed to the external ear. Non-invasive electrical stimulation of this nerve through the skin may offer a simple, cost-effective alternative to the established method of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), which requires a surgical procedure and has generated mixed results in a number of clinical trials for heart failure. This review discusses the available evidence in support of modulating cardiac activity using this strange auricular nerve.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | vagus; heart; autonomic; auricular; sympathetic; vagus nerve stimulation |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > School of Biomedical Sciences (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 Jun 2016 11:35 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jul 2017 12:59 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autneu.2016.06.004 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.autneu.2016.06.004 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:101227 |