Researcher · Evidence Profile

Mathias Weymar

Mathias Weymar appears on 7 studies of vagus nerve stimulation catalogued in our evidence database, with a focus on Cognitive Function, PTSD, Alzheimer's Disease.

7
Studies
4
Conditions
3
RCT / SR-MA
2
Stim. types

Conditions researched

Cognitive Function3PTSD2Alzheimer's Disease1Epilepsy1

Evidence-tier mix

Randomised controlled trial3
Non-randomised trial2
Case series / report2

The studies

7 studies · strongest evidence first

  1. Ready for translation: non-invasive auricular vagus nerve stimulation inhibits psychophysiological indices of stimulus-specific fear and facilitates responding to repeated exposure in phobic individuals

    Szeska et al. · Translational Psychiatry · 2025 · n = 32

    RCTsPTSDtaVNS
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  2. Promoting long-term inhibition of human fear responses by non-invasive transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation during extinction training

    Szeska et al. · Scientific Reports · 2020 · n = 80

    RCTsPTSDtaVNS
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  3. Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) enhances conflict-triggered adjustment of cognitive control

    Fischer et al. · Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience · 2018 · n = 21

    RCTsCognitive FunctiontaVNS
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  4. Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Enhances Emotional Processing and Long-Term Recognition Memory: Electrophysiological Evidence Across Two Studies

    Ventura-Bort et al. · Psychophysiology · 2025 · n = 89

    controlled trialsCognitive FunctiontaVNS
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  5. Establishment of Emotional Memories Is Mediated by Vagal Nerve Activation: Evidence from Noninvasive taVNS

    Ventura-Bort et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2021 · n = 37

    controlled trialsCognitive FunctiontaVNS
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  6. A vagal route to memory: evidence from invasive and non-invasive electrical vagus nerve stimulation studies and areas for future clinical application

    Szeska et al. · Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025

    narrative reviewsAlzheimer's DiseasetcVNS
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  7. 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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