1. The Vagus nerve, a potent unrecognized modulator of disease and health
Section 2: Basic Science 2. Vagus Nerve Anatomy 3. CNS - neurotransmitters 4. CNS - hyperexcitability and Pain 5. CNS - inflammation 7. Peripheral and Splenic - inflammation 8. Liver/Pancreas/kidneys/WAT - metabolic 9. Gut - inflammation 10. Platelets - hemostasis 11. Vagus Nerve Stimulation Approaches in the cervical spine and head 12. Vagus Nerve stimulation approaches in the viscera
Section 3: Neurologic Conditions 13. VNS for Seizure Disorders 14. VNS for Cluster Headaches 15. VNS for Migraine Headaches (Alan Rapaport) include menstrual migraine 16. VNS for Rare Headache Conditions (SUNCT/SUNA/HC/NDPH 17. VNS for Concussion post traumatic headache and Traumatic brain injury
Section 4: Evolving therapy for neurologic conditions 18. VNS for Acute Ischemic Stroke and prevention 19. VNS for Stroke Recovery 20. VNS for Tinnitus 21. VNS To affect Aneurysm growth 22. VNS for Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinsons Disease 23. VNS for Cognitive Enhancement 24. VNS for Complex regional Pain Syndrome
Section 5: Psychiatric and Somatic Conditions 25. VNS for Depression 26. VNS for Anxiety 27. VNS for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 28. VNS for Fibromyalgia 29. VNS for Visceral Pain 30. VNS for TMD
Section 6: Conventional Inflammatory Conditions 31. VNS and Sepsis 32. VNS and Rheumatoid Arthritis 33. VNS and Sjogren's Disease, Psoriasis and Atopic Dermatitis and Scleroderma 34. VNS and Inflammatory Bowel Disease 35. VNS and Gastroparesis and Ileus 36. VNS and Asthma and cough 37. VNS and Anaphylaxis
Section 7: Metabolic Disease 38. VNS and Diabetes and HTN 39. VNS and NAFLD-NASH 40. VNS and Obesity 41. VNS and Hyperlipidemia
Section 8: Reperfusion Injury 42. VNS and Renal reperfusion injury 43. VNS and Vasculitis Coagulation Syndromes / Cardiac Disease an Multisystem disorders 44. VNS and Hemophilia and bleeding disorders 45. VNS and Myocardial infarction arrhythmia and heart failure 46. The Vagus nerve and cancer protection