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    Neonatal Sepsis Is Diminished by Cervical Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Tracked Noninvasively by ECG: A Pilot Report and Dataset in the Piglet Model

    Background: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) reduced inflammation induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in an adult rat sepsis model. A multi-dimensional heart rate variability (HRV) index reliably tracked the inflamm...

    Aude Castel, Patrick Burns, Colin Wakefield, Kevin J. Jean in Vagus Nerve Stimulation (2024)

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    Vagus Nerve Manipulation and Microglial Plasticity in the Prenatal Brain

    The efferent and afferent effects of the vagus nerve on the develo** brain have remained enigmatic. Here we review the evidence of such effects on microglial plasticity in the sheep model of human fetal deve...

    Marc Courchesne, Colin Wakefield, Karen Nygard, Patrick Burns in Vagus Nerve Stimulation (2024)

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    Wearable technology for health monitoring during pregnancy: an observational cross-sectional survey study

    To evaluate how women of child-bearing age perceive the use of remote fetal ECG monitoring technologies. Telemedicine has advanced to the forefront of healthcare delivery, including maternal–fetal medicine. Sm...

    Colin Wakefield, Lena Yao, Steve Self in Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics (2023)