Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation: the future of inflammatory bowel disease treatment?

Abstract The vagus nerve regulates inflammation and cytokine release through the inflammatory reflex. Recent pilot clinical trials using implantable bioelectronic devices have demonstrated the efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in adult patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) as an alternative to drug treatments. However, the use of non-invasive VNS should be of interest in adults with IBD and even more in pediatric IBD. In this issue of Bioelectronic Medicine, Sahn et al. report that non-invasive transcutaneous auricular VNS attenuated signs and symptoms in a pediatric cohort with mild to moderate IBD thus opening new therapeutic avenues in the management of pediatric but also adult IBD patients..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Bioelectronic medicine - 9(2023), 1 vom: 29. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bonaz, Bruno [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Inflammatory bowel Diseases – pediatric
Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation
Vagus nerve
Vagus nerve stimulation

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© The Author(s) 2023

doi:

10.1186/s42234-023-00129-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

SPR053900979