Safety of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS): a systematic review and meta-analysis

AY Kim, A Marduy, PS de Melo, AC Gianlorenco… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) has been investigated as a novel
neuromodulation tool. Although taVNS is generally considered safe with only mild and …

[HTML][HTML] Novel therapeutic approaches for Alzheimer's disease: an updated review

TW Yu, HY Lane, CH Lin - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease and accounts for
most cases of dementia. The prevalence of AD has increased in the current rapidly aging …

A pilot randomized controlled trial of supervised, at-home, self-administered transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) to manage long COVID …

BW Badran, SM Huffman, M Dancy, CW Austelle… - Bioelectronic …, 2022 - Springer
Background Although the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic has now impacted
the world for over two years, the persistent secondary neuropsychiatric effects are still not …

A review of parameter settings for invasive and non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) applied in neurological and psychiatric disorders

SL Thompson, GH O'Leary, CW Austelle… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is an established form of neuromodulation with a long history
of promising applications. Earliest reports of VNS in the literature date to the late 1800's in …

Does transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation affect vagally mediated heart rate variability? A living and interactive Bayesian meta‐analysis

V Wolf, A Kühnel, V Teckentrup, J Koenig… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐invasive brain stimulation techniques, such as transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve
stimulation (taVNS), have considerable potential for clinical use. Beneficial effects of taVNS …

[HTML][HTML] Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (ta-VNS) for treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy: a randomized, double-blind clinical trial

H Yang, W Shi, J Fan, X Wang, Y Song, Y Lian… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study explored the efficacy and safety of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve
stimulation (ta-VNS) in patients with epilepsy. A total of 150 patients were randomly divided …

Motor activated auricular vagus nerve stimulation as a potential neuromodulation approach for post-stroke motor rehabilitation: a pilot study

BW Badran, X Peng, B Baker-Vogel… - … and neural repair, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Implanted vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), when synchronized with post-stroke
motor rehabilitation improves conventional motor rehabilitation training. A non-invasive VNS …

Stress and aging: A neurovisceral integration perspective

JF Thayer, M Mather, J Koenig - Psychophysiology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Darwin emphasized the intimate relationship between the brain and the heart over 150
years ago. Healthy aging is associated with significant changes in both the brain and the …

Phasic, event-related transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation modifies behavioral, pupillary, and low-frequency oscillatory power responses

C Wienke, M Grueschow, A Haghikia… - Journal of …, 2023 - jneurosci.org
Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) has been proposed to activate
the locus ceruleus-noradrenaline (LC-NA) system. However, previous studies failed to find …

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 …