Researcher · Evidence Profile
Kristl Vonck
Kristl Vonck appears on 8 studies of vagus nerve stimulation catalogued in our evidence database, with a focus on Cognitive Function, Epilepsy, Multiple Sclerosis.
8
Studies
6
Conditions
1
RCT / SR-MA
3
Stim. types
Conditions researched
Evidence-tier mix
Randomised controlled trial1
Non-randomised trial4
Case series / report3
The studies
8 studies · strongest evidence firstTranscutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation Does Not Affect Verbal Memory Performance in Healthy Volunteers
Mertens et al. · Frontiers in psychology · 2020
RCTsCognitive FunctiontaVNSTranscutaneous vagus nerve stimulation enhances episodic memory across valences and memory stages
Mary et al. · Brain stimulation · 2026
controlled trialsCognitive FunctiontaVNSVagus nerve stimulation enhances remyelination and decreases innate neuroinflammation in lysolecithin-induced demyelination
Bachmann et al. · Brain stimulation · 2024
controlled trialsMultiple SclerosistcVNSInvestigating the Effect of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Cortical Excitability in Healthy Males
Mertens et al. · Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society · 2022 · n = 8
controlled trialsEpilepsytaVNSEffects of vagus nerve stimulation on pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine induction in patients with refractory epilepsy
De Herdt et al. · Journal of neuroimmunology · 2009 · n = 10
controlled trialsInflammationiVNSInternational 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 reviewsEpilepsytaVNSRecent advances in devices for vagus nerve stimulation
Mertens et al. · Expert review of medical devices · 2018
narrative reviewsStroke RehabilitationiVNSDeep brain and cortical stimulation for epilepsy
Sprengers et al. · The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
narrative reviewsSafetyiVNS