Critical review of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation: challenges for translation to clinical practice

JYY Yap, C Keatch, E Lambert, W Woods… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Several studies have illustrated that transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) can
elicit therapeutic effects that are similar to those produced by its invasive counterpart, vagus …

Vagus nerve stimulation in brain diseases: therapeutic applications and biological mechanisms

Y Wang, G Zhan, Z Cai, B Jiao, Y Zhao, S Li… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Brain diseases, including neurodegenerative, cerebrovascular and neuropsychiatric
diseases, have posed a deleterious threat to human health and brought a great burden to …

Neuropsychobiology of fear-induced bradycardia in humans: Progress and pitfalls

S Battaglia, C Nazzi, TB Lonsdorf, JF Thayer - Molecular Psychiatry, 2024 - nature.com
In the last century, the paradigm of fear conditioning has greatly evolved in a variety of
scientific fields. The techniques, protocols, and analysis methods now most used have …

Safety and tolerability of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation in humans; a systematic review

J Redgrave, D Day, H Leung, PJ Laud, A Ali, R Lindert… - Brain stimulation, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve stimulation (tVNS) may be an alternative
to surgically implanted VNS for epilepsy and other diseases. However, its safety and …

The gut-brain axis and cognitive control: A role for the vagus nerve

L Décarie-Spain, AMR Hayes, LT Lauer… - seminars in cell & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Survival requires the integration of external information and interoceptive cues to effectively
guide advantageous behaviors, particularly foraging and other behaviors that promote …

[HTML][HTML] Deconstructing the gestalt: mechanisms of fear, threat, and trauma memory encoding

SA Maddox, J Hartmann, RA Ross, KJ Ressler - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Threat processing is central to understanding debilitating fear-and trauma-related disorders
such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Progress has been made in understanding …

[HTML][HTML] A literature review on the neurophysiological underpinnings and cognitive effects of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation: challenges and future directions

L Colzato, C Beste - Journal of neurophysiology, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Brain stimulation approaches are important to gain causal mechanistic insights into the
relevance of functional brain regions and/or neurophysiological systems for human cognitive …

Short bursts of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation enhance evoked pupil dilation as a function of stimulation parameters

M D'Agostini, AM Burger, M Franssen, A Perkovic… - Cortex, 2023 - Elsevier
Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) is a neurostimulatory technique
hypothesised to enhance central noradrenaline. Currently, there is scarce evidence in …