Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Attenuates Early Increases in Heart Rate Associated With the Cold Pressor Test
Austelle CW, Sege CT, Kahn AT, Gregoski MJ, Taylor DL, McTeague LM, Short EB, Badran BW, George MS
Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface · 2024
Key finding
In a crossover study of healthy adults, taVNS blunted the early heart-rate rise to the cold pressor stressor but did not significantly change self-reported anxiety, stress, or pain ratings versus sham.
- Condition
- Anxiety
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
- 24
Cite this study
Austelle, C. W., Sege, C. T., Kahn, A. T., Gregoski, M. J., Taylor, D. L., McTeague, L. M., Short, E. B., Badran, B. W., & George, M. S. (2024). Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Attenuates Early Increases in Heart Rate Associated With the Cold Pressor Test. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, 27(7), 1227-1233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurom.2023.07.012
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