A subject this map covers
Vagus nerve stimulation
Part of: Neuromodulation
What belongs here
Vagus nerve stimulation, usually paired with training, in spinal cord injury.
What does not belong here, however close it looks
Use in epilepsy or depression without spinal cord injury does not belong here.
What has been looked at
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- Registered or indexed as work in people: 30 records · 2009–2026
- Indexed as work in animals: 4 records · 2020–2024
- The source has not said who or what was studied: 50 records · 1985–2026
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Registered or indexed as work in people
- Pilot Testing of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Early Spinal Cord Injury Recovery — ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026 · Interventional · Not Yet Recruiting
- Neuromodulation in Spinal Cord Injury: Clinical Review. — PubMed · 2026 · Journal Article
- Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation as a Treatment for Neuropathic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury — ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026 · Interventional · Not Yet Recruiting
- Closed-Loop Vagus Nerve Stimulation (CLV) for Recovery of Gait After Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) — ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026 · Interventional · Not Yet Recruiting
- Closed-loop movement-paired transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation for upper-limb rehabilitation: a feasibility study. — PubMed · 2026 · Journal Article
- At-Home Delivery of Vagus Nerve Stimulation Paired With Task-Specific Training Improves Performance of High-Priority Activities in Persons With Chronic Spinal Cord Injury or Stroke. — PubMed · 2026 · Journal Article
- Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation promotes post-spinal cord injury remyelination via α7nAChR-mediated activation of oligodendrocyte precursor cells. — PubMed · 2026 · Journal Article
- Clinical experience implanting a miniature externally powered vagus nerve stimulator. — PubMed · 2025 · Journal Article
- Safety and Feasibility of Paired Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) With Upper Limb Rehabilitation in Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury — ClinicalTrials.gov · 2025 · Interventional · Recruiting
- Closed-loop vagus nerve stimulation aids recovery from spinal cord injury. — PubMed · 2025 · Journal Article
- Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (aVNS) in Chronic Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI) — ClinicalTrials.gov · 2025 · Interventional · Completed
- Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) for Inflammation and Depression Following SCI — ClinicalTrials.gov · 2025 · Interventional · Unknown
- taVNS During Exercise and Recovery in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury — ClinicalTrials.gov · 2024 · Interventional · Completed
- Effects of auricular vagus nerve stimulation and electrical earlobe stimulation on motor-evoked potential changes induced by paired associative stimulation. — PubMed · 2024 · Journal Article
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Adaptive Follow-On Study — ClinicalTrials.gov · 2024 · Interventional · Enrolling By Invitation
- Characterization of an Algorithm for Autonomous, Closed-Loop Neuromodulation During Motor Rehabilitation. — PubMed · 2024 · Journal Article
- Effect of Transauricular Vagal Stimulation on Cardiac Function After Spinal Cord Injury — ClinicalTrials.gov · 2024 · Interventional · Recruiting
- Neuromodulation as an Anti-inflammatory Treatment in SCI — ClinicalTrials.gov · 2024 · Interventional · Unknown
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation Prevents Endothelial Necroptosis to Alleviate Blood-Spinal Cord Barrier Disruption After Spinal Cord Injury. — PubMed · 2023 · Journal Article
- Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Spinal Cord Injury — ClinicalTrials.gov · 2023 · Interventional · Unknown
- Safety and Feasibility of Paired Vagus Nerve Stimulation With Rehabilitation for Improving Upper Extremity Function in People With Cervical Spinal Cord Injury — ClinicalTrials.gov · 2023 · Interventional · Completed
- Application of Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation. — PubMed · 2023 · Journal Article
- Exploring the vagus nerve and the inflammatory reflex for therapeutic benefit in chronic spinal cord injury. — PubMed · 2022 · Journal Article
- Targeted Plasticity Therapy for Upper Limb Rehabilitation in Spinal Cord Injuries — ClinicalTrials.gov · 2021 · Interventional · Active Not Recruiting
- Vagal Nerve Stimulation to Reduce Inflammation and Hyperadrenergia — ClinicalTrials.gov · 2018 · Interventional · Withdrawn
- Is the vagus nerve our neural connectome? — PubMed · 2018 · Journal Article
- Closed-loop neuromodulation restores network connectivity and motor control after spinal cord injury. — PubMed · 2018 · Journal Article
- Technology Development for Physical Rehabilitation of Patients With Upper Extremity Motor Deficits (RePlay) — ClinicalTrials.gov · 2017 · Interventional · Completed
- Cold face test in persons with spinal cord injury: age versus inactivity. — PubMed · 2009 · Journal Article
- Cervical spinal MRI in a patient with a vagus nerve stimulator (VNS). — PubMed · 2009 · Case Reports
Indexed as work in animals
- Effect of Electrical Stimulation of the Vagus Nerve on Inflammation in Rats With Spinal Cord Injury. — PubMed · 2024 · Journal Article
- Vagus nerve stimulation promotes cortical reorganization and reduces task-dependent calorie intake in male and female rats. — PubMed · 2020 · Journal Article
- Acute Cardiovascular Responses to Vagus Nerve Stimulation after Experimental Spinal Cord Injury. — PubMed · 2020 · Journal Article
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation Paired With Rehabilitative Training Enhances Motor Recovery After Bilateral Spinal Cord Injury to Cervical Forelimb Motor Pools. — PubMed · 2020 · Journal Article
The source has not said who or what was studied
- Safety and feasibility of paired vagus nerve stimulation with rehabilitation for improving upper extremity function in people with cervical spinal cord injury: a pilot randomized controlled trial. — PubMed · 2026 · Clinical Trial
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Neuromodulation: Evolution from Bench to Bedside. — PubMed · 2026 · Journal Article
- Autonomic modulation of neuroplasticity in spinal cord injury rehabilitation: insights from a narrative review. — PubMed · 2026 · Journal Article
- Can Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation be Effective After Rats' Spinal Cord Injury? — PubMed · 2026 · Journal Article
- The sixth bioelectronic medicine summit: Neurotechnologies for individuals and communities. — PubMed · 2026 · Journal Article
- Pacemaker-induced apnoea in a patient with cervical medullary trauma: a case report. — PubMed · 2025 · Case Reports
- Enhancing Neuroplasticity via vagus nerve stimulation to improve urinary dysfunction after spinal cord injury: a perspective. — PubMed · 2025 · Journal Article
- Can Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation Be Effective after Rats’ Spinal Cord Injury? — Crossref · 2025 · posted-content
- Noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation in migraine treatment — Crossref · 2025 · book-chapter
- Spinal cord stimulation for cardiovascular function following spinal cord injury — Crossref · 2025 · journal-article
- Vagus nerve stimulation and kidney function — Crossref · 2025 · book-chapter
- Vagus nerve stimulation for long COVID — Crossref · 2025 · book-chapter
- Vagus nerve stimulation for the management of traumatic brain injury — Crossref · 2025 · book-chapter
- Safety and feasibility of paired vagus nerve stimulation with rehabilitation for improving upper extremity function in people with cervical spinal cord injury: study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. — PubMed · 2024 · Journal Article
- Spinal Cord Stimulation Alleviates Chronic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain Due to Peripheral Nerve Injury: A Case Report — Crossref · 2024 · journal-article
- Neurorehabilitation with vagus nerve stimulation: a systematic review. — PubMed · 2024 · Journal Article
- VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION AND PREGNANCY — Crossref · 2024 · book-chapter
- Spinal cord stimulation therapy for patients with spinal cord injury suffering from nerve pain which has not responded to usual treatment — Crossref · 2023 · dataset
- A review of combined neuromodulation and physical therapy interventions for enhanced neurorehabilitation. — PubMed · 2023 · Journal Article
- Narrative review of current neuromodulation modalities for spinal cord injury. — PubMed · 2023 · Journal Article
- Spinal Cord Stimulation for Spinal Cord Injury — Crossref · 2023 · book-chapter
- Targeted transcutaneous cervical spinal cord stimulation promotes lasting upper limb recovery in spinal cord and peripheral nerve injury — Crossref · 2023 · journal-article
- Spinal Cord Injury and Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation — Crossref · 2022 · book
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation Reduces Neuroinflammation Through Microglia Polarization Regulation to Improve Functional Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury. — PubMed · 2022 · Journal Article
- Rebuilding Body-Brain Interaction from the Vagal Network in Spinal Cord Injuries. — PubMed · 2021 · Journal Article
- Special issue on vagus nerve stimulation and spinal cord stimulation — Crossref · 2020 · journal-article
Where this was looked for, and when
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| ClinicalTrials.gov | asked, and it has nothing | asked on 2026-10-05 | the source found 0 · this programme has 15 · still to fetch 0 | aim: every record matching this question |
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| Crossref | asked, and it answered | asked on 2026-09-17 | the source found 1232237 · this programme has 50 | aim: a sample of the most relevant records. This source ranks a bag of words, so its own total is the size of the corpus that shares some of them, never a set still owed. |
| PubMed | asked, and it answered | asked on 2026-09-17 | the source found 33 · this programme has 33 · still to fetch 0 | aim: every record matching this question |
The question asked
- ClinicalTrials.gov
("vagus nerve stimulation") - Crossref
spinal cord injury vagus nerve stimulation - PubMed
("Spinal Cord Injuries"[MeSH Terms] OR "spinal cord injury"[Title/Abstract] OR "spinal cord injuries"[Title/Abstract] OR "spinal cord trauma"[Title/Abstract]) AND ("Vagus Nerve Stimulation"[MeSH Terms] OR "vagus nerve stimulation"[Title/Abstract])