Abstract Introduction Epilepsy is frequently encountered in the pediatric population and some patients are treated by stimulation of vagus nerve to reduce their seizure frequency. Vagus (VNS) may induce central sleep apnea. Adaptive servo ventilation a known treatment option for apnea certain adult with heart failure Cheyne-Stokes respiration but infrequently utilized population. Report case(s)...

The effects of anti-asthma drugs, isoproterenol, aminophylline and hydrocortisone, and potassium channel openers on the contraction induced by electrical stimulation or exogenously applied acetylcholine were investigated in isolated guinea pig trachea. Isoproterenol and aminophylline non-selectively inhibited both the contraction evoked by vagus nerve- and that by transmural field-stimulation, ...

Transcutaneous stimulation of the auricular branch of the vagus nerve (ABVN) resulted in deactivation of temporal lobe structures, similar to invasive cervical vagus nerve (CVN) stimulation. Presumably, both methods stimulated myelinated afferent beta axons mediating anti-convulsive effects. How numbers of A beta axons in the human ABVN compare to those of the CVN is unknown. The ABVN, CVN, rec...