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Jian Kong

Jian Kong appears on 11 studies of vagus nerve stimulation catalogued in our evidence database, with a focus on Depression, Migraine, Pain.

11
Studies
5
Conditions
6
RCT / SR-MA
1
Stim. types

Conditions researched

Depression5Migraine3Pain1Anxiety1Metabolic1

Evidence-tier mix

Randomised controlled trial6
Non-randomised trial4
Case series / report1

The studies

11 studies · strongest evidence first

  1. Transcutaneous auricular nerve stimulation modulates the functional connectivity of the descending pain modulation system and reward network in patients with chronic low back pain

    Li et al. · Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025 · n = 51

    RCTsPaintaVNS
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  2. The modulation effects of repeated transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on the functional connectivity of key brainstem regions along the vagus nerve pathway in migraine patients

    Huang et al. · Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2023 · n = 59

    RCTsMigrainetaVNS
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  3. Evaluation of the Modulation Effects Evoked by Different Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Frequencies Along the Central Vagus Nerve Pathway in Migraine: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

    Sacca et al. · Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society · 2023

    RCTsMigrainetaVNS
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  4. Comparative Effectiveness of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation vs Citalopram for Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Trial

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

    RCTsAnxietytaVNS
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  5. Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) for migraine: an fMRI study

    Zhang et al. · Regional anesthesia and pain medicine · 2021 · n = 59

    RCTsMigrainetaVNS
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  6. Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation Modulates Default Mode Network in Major Depressive Disorder

    Fang et al. · Biological Psychiatry · 2016 · n = 34

    RCTsDepressiontaVNS
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  7. A distinct biomarker of continuous transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation treatment in major depressive disorder

    Tu et al. · Brain stimulation · 2018 · n = 41

    controlled trialsDepressiontaVNS
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  8. Effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on major depressive disorder: a nonrandomized controlled pilot study

    Rong et al. · Journal of Affective Disorders · 2016 · n = 160

    controlled trialsDepressiontaVNS
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  9. Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation modulates amygdala functional connectivity in patients with depression

    Liu et al. · Journal of affective disorders · 2016 · n = 49

    controlled trialsDepressiontaVNS
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  10. Effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on impaired glucose tolerance: a pilot randomized study

    Huang et al. · BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2014 · n = 100

    controlled trialsMetabolictaVNS
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  11. Treating Depression with Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation: State of the Art and Future Perspectives

    Kong et al. · Frontiers in Psychiatry · 2018

    narrative reviewsDepressiontaVNS
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