Researcher · Evidence Profile

Bashar W. Badran

Bashar W. Badran appears on 9 studies of vagus nerve stimulation catalogued in our evidence database, with a focus on Depression, Anxiety, Multiple Sclerosis.

9
Studies
6
Conditions
3
RCT / SR-MA
2
Stim. types

Conditions researched

Depression4Anxiety1Multiple Sclerosis1Stroke Rehabilitation1Epilepsy1Neuroimaging1

Evidence-tier mix

Randomised controlled trial3
Non-randomised trial2
Case series / report4

The studies

9 studies · strongest evidence first

  1. Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Attenuates Early Increases in Heart Rate Associated With the Cold Pressor Test

    Austelle et al. · Neuromodulation · 2024 · n = 24

    RCTsAnxietytaVNS
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  2. Effect of non-invasive transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on cerebral motor excitability-Study protocol for a randomized, sham controlled trial

    Herr et al. · Frontiers in neurology · 2023 · n = 30

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

    Badran et al. · Bioelectronic medicine · 2022

    RCTsDepressiontaVNS
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  4. Accelerated Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Inpatient Depression and Anxiety: The iWAVE Open Label Pilot Trial

    Austelle et al. · Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society · 2025

    controlled trialsDepressiontaVNS
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  5. Motor Activated Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation as a Potential Neuromodulation Approach for Post-Stroke Motor Rehabilitation: A Pilot Study

    Badran et al. · Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2023 · n = 16

    controlled trialsStroke RehabilitationtaVNS
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  6. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS): recent advances and future directions

    Austelle et al. · Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2024

    narrative reviewsDepressiontcVNS
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  7. A Comprehensive Review of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Depression

    Austelle et al. · Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society · 2022

    narrative reviewsDepressiontaVNS
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  8. International Consensus Based Review and Recommendations for Minimum Reporting Standards in Research on Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (Version 2020)

    Farmer et al. · Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2020

    narrative reviewsEpilepsytaVNS
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  9. Neurophysiologic effects of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) via electrical stimulation of the tragus: A concurrent taVNS/fMRI study and review

    Badran et al. · Brain stimulation · 2018

    narrative reviewsNeuroimagingtaVNS
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