Understanding the Pivotal Role of the Vagus Nerve in Health from Pandemics
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 pa...
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-afeb1bba23214af0a6f5855825384db82023-12-01T23:24:59ZengMDPI AGBioengineering2306-53542022-07-019835210.3390/bioengineering9080352Understanding the Pivotal Role of the Vagus Nerve in Health from PandemicsClaire-Marie Rangon0Adam Niezgoda1Child Neurologist and Pain Specialist, INWE’CARE Medical Center, 92210 Saint-Cloud, FranceChair and Department of Neurology, University of Medical Sciences, 60-355 Poznań, PolandThe 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.https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/9/8/352pandemicsCOVID-19HIVprionnon-invasive vagus nerve stimulationneuroimmunometabolism |
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| title | Understanding the Pivotal Role of the Vagus Nerve in Health from Pandemics |
| title_full | Understanding the Pivotal Role of the Vagus Nerve in Health from Pandemics |
| title_fullStr | Understanding the Pivotal Role of the Vagus Nerve in Health from Pandemics |
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| title_short | Understanding the Pivotal Role of the Vagus Nerve in Health from Pandemics |
| title_sort | understanding the pivotal role of the vagus nerve in health from pandemics |
| topic | pandemics COVID-19 HIV prion non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation neuroimmunometabolism |
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