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Here we demonstrate selective cervical VNS using cuff electrodes with multiple contacts around the nerve circumference to target different functional pathways.\n                    <jats:italic>Approach.<\/jats:italic>\n                    These flexible probes were adjusted to the diameter of the nerve using an adhesive hydrogel wrap to create a robust electrode interface. Our approach was verified in a rat model by demonstrating that cervical VNS produces neural activity in the abdominal vagus nerve while limiting effects on the cardiovascular system (i.e. changes in heart rate or blood pressure).\n                    <jats:italic>Main results.<\/jats:italic>\n                    This study demonstrates the potential for selective cervical VNS as a therapeutic approach for modulating distal nerve branches while reducing off target effects.\n                    <jats:italic>Significance.<\/jats:italic>\n                    This methodology could potentially be refined to treat gastrointestinal, metabolic, inflammatory, cardiovascular, and respiratory diseases amenable to vagal neuromodulatory control.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1088\/1741-2552\/abf398","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,30]],"date-time":"2021-03-30T18:31:52Z","timestamp":1617129112000},"page":"055008","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Hydrogel-based electrodes for selective cervical vagus nerve stimulation"],"prefix":"10.1088","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5587-3912","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Charles C","family":"Horn","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7811-6773","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mats","family":"Forssell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Sciullo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jonathan E","family":"Harms","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Stephanie","family":"Fulton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chenchen","family":"Mou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fan","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tyler W","family":"Simpson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gutian","family":"Xiao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9072-3119","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lee E","family":"Fisher","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6564-5681","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christopher","family":"Bettinger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2380-5210","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gary K","family":"Fedder","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"266","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"jneabf398bib1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"150","DOI":"10.1152\/physiol.00030.2018","type":"journal-article","article-title":"Electroceutical targeting of the autonomic nervous system","volume":"34","author":"Horn","year":"2019","journal-title":"Physiology"},{"key":"jneabf398bib2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"399","DOI":"10.1038\/nrd4351","type":"journal-article","article-title":"Bioelectronic medicines: a research roadmap","volume":"13","author":"Birmingham","year":"2014","journal-title":"Nat. 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