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Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation - A brief introduction and overview
Auton Neurosci. 2022 Sep 27;243:103038. doi: 10.1016/j.autneu.2022.103038. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTInvasive cervical vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is approved for the treatment of epilepsies, depression, obesity, and for stroke-rehabilitation. The procedure requires surgery, has side-effects, is expensive and not readily available. Consequently, transcutaneous VNS (tVNS) has been developed 20 years ago as non-invasive, less expensive, and easily applicable alternative. Since the vagus nerve reaches the skin at the outer acoustic canal and ear, and reflex-responses such as the ear-cough-reflex or the auriculo-cardiac ...
Source: Autonomic Neuroscience - October 6, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Max J Hilz Source Type: research
