Autonomic Neurography of the Cervical Nerves (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Autonomic Neurography of the Cervical Nerves

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LEFT: Participants received lipopolysaccharide (LPS) injections to induce temporary hyperinflammation, mimicking a blood infection. MIDDLE: Small non-invasive devices called Optically Pumped Magnetometers (OPMs) recorded Autonomic Neurography (ANG) activity from neural structures (Right Vagus Nerve, Right Nodose Ganglion, and Right Carotid Sinus nerve) in the human neck in response to perceived inflammation. RIGHT: Neural signals categorized participants' inflammatory responses to LPS injections as high or low, providing a real-time, wearable bioindicator of inflammation in humans.

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Imanuel Lerman/UC San Diego.

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