Accelerated Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Inpatient Depression and Anxiety: The iWAVE Open Label Pilot Trial
Austelle CW, Cox SS, Connolly DJ, Baker Vogel B, Peng X, Wills K, Sutton F, Tucker KB, Ashley E, Manett A, et al.
Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface · 2025
Key finding
Both taVNS dosing approaches were safe and feasible in this novel setting.
- Condition
- Depression
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
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Cite this study
Austelle, C. W., Cox, S. S., Connolly, D. J., Baker Vogel, B., Peng, X., Wills, K., Sutton, F., Tucker, K. B., Ashley, E., Manett, A., Cortese, B., Short, E. B., & Badran, B. W. (2025). Accelerated Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Inpatient Depression and Anxiety: The iWAVE Open Label Pilot Trial. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, 28(4), 672-681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurom.2025.02.003
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