🚨 Hot off the press: my new paper that moves this field forward 🚀 and changes the narrative on what #POTS, #MECFS and #LongCOVID are... Neuroimmune Disorders!
🧠 The brain and the autonomic nervous system are involved in the immune system regulation.
🧠 There is evidence of autoimmunity, immune dysregulation, cerebral hypoperfusion, neuroinflammation and other mechanisms in all three disorders.
🧠 #Neuroimmunology is a field that should embrace these disorders: #MultipleSclerosis, the staple of neuroimmunology, used to be called hysterical paralysis before CT and MRI were invented. We're at the same crossroads with these disorders.
❌ These disorders are not "mysterious", "anxiety", "deconditioning," "functional neurologic" etc. etc.
‼️ Classifying these disorders as neuroimmune and including them as part of neuroimmunology training is critical.
🛌 #PatientCare and lives of millions of people living with these disabling conditions are at stake!
Thanks to my esteemed colleagues and co-authors, Dr. @TaylorDoherty8, immunologist from UC San Diego and Dr. Lawrence Steinman, neuroimmunologist from @StanfordMed, for their support!
Read open-access paper here: 👇
https://t.co/wr7kMNKj3c
A new paper led by Professor Imanuel Lerman of UC San Diego provides a review of the field of bioelectronic medicine and the most promising opportunities for life-changing new therapies and diagnostics.
https://t.co/hG1YRenzsx
In a new peer-reviewed paper, a team led by Imanuel Lerman of #ucsd#qualcomminstitute and @ucsdmedschol reviews the state of #bioelectronicmedicine and the most promising areas for life-changing new therapies. https://t.co/0RDqt5VP6G
Happy new year! The book "Vagus Nerve Stimulation" by Peter Staats, Imanuel Lerman and colleagues is out, and I'm delighted to have contributed to two chapters: Vagus Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Heart Failure and PTSD.
Book: https://t.co/hsj2zAOx92
Heart Failure: https://t.co/GXjYDBFbr3
PTSD: https://t.co/SK8Uvl8JyC
For those interested in diving deeper, I recommend checking out the Vagus Nerve Society's Clinical Practice Guideline for Application of nVNS for PTSD by @doug_bremner@ElectroCoreVNS: https://t.co/IxYqBFX8Bo
Researchers at @UCSanDiego and @Stanford developed a new flexible adhesive device for non-invasive monitoring of cervical nerve activity
https://t.co/K05tWN1xnT
A new article from PRF discusses how neutrophils help prevent the transition from acute to chronic pain after injury, and how dampening their activity with anti-inflammatory drugs, like ibuprofen or diclofenac, can prolong pain duration. Learn more: https://t.co/h2zG01q8yB
There's no shortage of problems—but there's also no shortage of ideas for how to solve them. What there is a shortage of is time. If traditional research and funding models aren't working fast enough, why not think out of the box? #Research#funding#Science
First use in humans of controllable conduction block affecting pain transmission only by ultra low frequency stimulation. Results are the most impressive I’ve seen in two decades of treating patients. I’m very excited for the future of this technology.
https://t.co/Z0OgR95xlO
A recent article in @ScienceMagazine describes how NCCIH grantee @VitalyNapadow of @Harvard and other researchers are probing the nerve links between the brain and body to understand how they work and how they may go awry in various diseases. https://t.co/4cUKNKW45n
Excited that our @BARDA Beyond the Needle program led by @kerrieanne71 with our family of partners are helping usher in the next revolution in vaccines.
https://t.co/dGpGn4YOPd
The vagus nerve is a natural (albeit crazy complex) target for treating disorders that manifest all over the body. We know implanted stimulators work for some of them, but could noninvasive devices be a solution too?
https://t.co/2NTZVqrZbp