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Understanding the Pivotal Role of the Vagus Nerve in Health from Pandemics
Claire-Marie Rangon1, Adam Niezgoda2
1Child Neurologist and Pain Specialist, INWE'CARE Medical Center, 92210 Saint-Cloud, France.
Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic seems endless with the regular emergence of new variants. Is the SARS-CoV-2 virus particularly evasive to the immune system, or is it merely disrupting communication between the body and the brain, thus pre-empting homeostasis? Retrospective analysis of the COVID-19 and AIDS pandemics, as well as prion disease, emphasizes the pivotal but little-known role of the 10th cranial nerve in health. Considering neuroimmunometabolism from the point of view of the vagus nerve, non-invasive bioengineering solutions aiming at monitoring and stimulating the vagal tone are subsequently discussed as the next optimal and global preventive treatments, far beyond pandemics.
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