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SPARC Researchers Perform First-of-its-Kind In-Human Vagus Nerve Recording

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New Findings on Non-Invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation

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The ASCENT to Accurate Digital Simulations of Nerve Stimulation

The NIH Common Fund's Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions (SPARC) program enters phase two.

SPARC Enters Phase 2

Neuromod Prize - #NeuromodPrize, neuromodproze.com.

$9.8 million Neuromod Prize to accelerate the development of targeted neuromodulation therapies

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The ASCENT of New Technology to Advance Bioelectronic Medicine

A Knife to the Heart: Mapping the Intracardiac Nervous System

A Knife to the Heart: Mapping the Intracardiac Nervous System

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Finding the Lanes on the Vagus Highway

A Change of Heart? Uncovering Sex Differences in Cardiac Neurochemistry.

A Change of Heart? Uncovering Sex Differences in Cardiac Neurochemistry

Safety First: Developing Tools and Biomarkers to Prevent Nerve Injury

Safety First: Developing Tools and Biomarkers to Prevent Nerve Injury

This page last reviewed on April 25, 2025

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