Cerbomed GmbH gains Prof. Dr. Barry R. Komisaruk for its scientific advisory board

(openPR) ERLANGEN, Germany, 12.05.2011 – cerbomed GmbH, the medical device company, has gained Prof. Dr. Barry R. Komisaruk for its scientific advisory board. Prof. Dr. Komisaruk, from New Jersey, USA, is an expert in the vegetative nervous system and the functional imaging of the brainstem. He will work with cerbomed GmbH on a study into the working mechanism of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (t-VNS).
Joint research for promising therapeutic approaches
"I am very much looking forward to the study with cerbomed GmbH. t-VNS shows promising signs for the effective stimulation of specific brain regions. This can bring us new understanding of the signal processing in the vegetative nervous system", says Prof. Dr. Komisaruk.
Prof. Dr. Komisaruk is Professor II of Psychology and Associate Dean of the Graduate School at Rutgers State University in New Jersey. He has years of experience in animal and human experimental studies, and is a respected expert in the functional imaging of the brainstem.
One of the main emphases of his current research is in functional neuroimaging to support the examination of the vegetative nervous system of patients with damage to the spinal cord.
"Prof. Dr. Komisaruk is an outstanding expert in the imaging of the brainstem. His long-standing experience makes it possible for us to carry out a pioneering translational human study investigating the mode of action of t-VNS", says Prof. Dr. Jens Ellrich, Chief Medical Officer at cerbomed GmbH.

About t-VNS
t-VNS is applied to the left outer ear, over the auricular branch of the vagus nerve, where it stimulates the nerve transcutaneously. Cerbomed therefore expects t-VNS to offer a highly attractive and cost-effective alternative to current and emerging VNS treatments, other neurostimulation methods, surgery or pharmacologic therapies.