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2026 · New review of vagus nerve stimulation

Our Comprehensive Physiology review brings together evidence on how vagus nerve stimulation affects brain and body systems and outlines directions for precision neuromodulation.

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IntelliSys 2024 · Best Student Paper Award

Congratulations to Jianzhi Long, Jicang Cai, Abdullah Al-Battal, Dacheng Tao, and Jing Zhang.

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Research coverage in Inverse

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Troy Bu completes his PhD

Congratulations to Dr. Troy Bu on successfully defending his doctoral research.

Discussing autonomic regulation

Dr. Lerman contributed to Kiera Carter’s article on nervous system regulation.

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What Is Nervous System Regulation — And How Do You Do It?Experts offer actionable tips on how you can gain control of stress levels. Learn how to regulate the nervous system here.

Inflammatory biotypes · Research poster

Jamison Burks presented work exploring relationships between neuro-autonomic signals and inflammatory cytokines in controlled human inflammatory challenge studies. Translating these methods to clinical infection monitoring remains a research goal.

NANS · Neuroimmune signal analysis

Yifeng Bu presented research applying machine learning to neural and autonomic signals during human lipopolysaccharide challenge studies.

Spinal cord stimulation and autonomic responses

Rosalynn Conic presented research on high-frequency spinal cord stimulation, autonomic physiology, and the neural processing of pain.

Neural sensing research in the news

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Troy Bu passes his qualifying examination

Congratulations to Troy on this doctoral training milestone.

One Word for QI

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Vagus nerve stimulation and learning

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Sex-specific responses to spinal cord stimulation

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High-frequency spinal cord stimulation shows improved longer lasting pain reliefResearchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine report that high-frequency spinal cord stimulation proved more effective at improving perceived pain reduction than low-frequency SCS in patients studied, and that there was some variation in PPR between male and female patients.

NANS · Neural sensor technology

Troy Bu presented the lab’s neural sensing research at the North American Neuromodulation Society meeting.

Jacob Caylor featured in Pain Medicine News

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UNITE · Historical study announcement

The UNITE study was designed to investigate splenic ultrasound in patients hospitalized with COVID-19. This archived announcement does not indicate that the study is currently recruiting.

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