International consensus based review and recommendations for minimum reporting standards in research on transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (version 2020)

AD Farmer, A Strzelczyk, A Finisguerra… - Frontiers in human …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Given its non-invasive nature, there is increasing interest in the use of transcutaneous vagus
nerve stimulation (tVNS) across basic, translational and clinical research …

Moving beyond belief: a narrative review of potential biomarkers for transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation

AM Burger, M D'Agostini, B Verkuil… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) is a non‐invasive neurostimulation
technique that is currently being tested as a potential treatment for a myriad of neurological …

Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation in humans induces pupil dilation and attenuates alpha oscillations

O Sharon, F Fahoum, Y Nir - Journal of Neuroscience, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is widely used to treat drug-resistant epilepsy and
depression. While the precise mechanisms mediating its long-term therapeutic effects are …

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 - Soc Neuroscience
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 …

Graded recruitment of pupil-linked neuromodulation by parametric stimulation of the vagus nerve

Z Mridha, JW de Gee, Y Shi, R Alkashgari… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is thought to affect neural activity by recruiting brain-wide
release of neuromodulators. VNS is used in treatment-resistant epilepsy, and is increasingly …

[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 …

Influence of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation on cardiac vagal activity: not different from sham stimulation and no effect of stimulation intensity

U Borges, S Laborde, M Raab - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The present study investigated the effects of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation on
cardiac vagal activity, the activity of the vagus nerve regulating cardiac functioning. We …

[HTML][HTML] How is the norepinephrine system involved in the antiepileptic effects of vagus nerve stimulation?

A Berger, S Vespa, L Dricot, M Dumoulin… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) is an adjunctive treatment for patients suffering from
inoperable drug-resistant epilepsy. Although a complete understanding of the mediators …

Therapeutic applications of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation with potential for application in neurodevelopmental or other pediatric disorders

S Zhu, X Zhang, M Zhou, KM Kendrick… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Non-invasive transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) as a newly
developed technique involves stimulating the cutaneous receptive field formed by the …