Recording and manipulation of vagus nerve electrical activity in chronically instrumented unanesthetized near term fetal sheep

no code implementations • 19 Aug 2020 • Aude Castel, Patrick M. Burns, Javier Benito, Hai L. Liu, Shikha Kuthiala, Lucien D. Durosier, Yael S. Frank, Mingju Cao, Marilène Paquet, Gilles Fecteau, André Desrochers, Martin G. Frasch

Conclusions: This study describes a new surgical procedure allowing to record and manipulate chronically the vagus nerve activity in an animal model of human pregnancy.

Monitoring fetal electroencephalogram intrapartum: a systematic literature review

no code implementations • 27 May 2020 • Aude Castel, Yael Frank, John Feltner, Floyd Karp, Catherine Albright, Martin G. Frasch

Background: Studies about the feasibility of monitoring fetal electroencephalogram (fEEG) during labor began in the early 1940s.

EEG

The neonatal sepsis is diminished by cervical vagus nerve stimulation and tracked non-invasively by ECG: a preliminary report in the piglet model

no code implementations • 10 Feb 2020 • Aude Castel, Patrick Burns, Colin Wakefield, Keven. J. Jean, Yael S. Frank, Mingju Cao, Andre Desrochers, Gilles Fecteau, Christophe Faure, Christophe L. Herry, Martin G. Frasch

We evaluated the effect of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) on vagus nerve electroneurogram (VENG) and the systemic inflammatory response induced by a high dose of LPS in neonatal piglets to mimic late-onset neonatal sepsis.

Heart Rate Variability