The effect of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation on fear generalization and subsequent fear extinction
Burger AM, Van Diest I, Van der Does W, Korbee JN, Waziri N, Brosschot JF, Verkuil B
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory · 2019
Key finding
In an RCT, taVNS affected fear generalisation and subsequent extinction (detailed outcomes not in the indexed abstract).
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- Condition
- PTSD
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
- 58
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Burger, A. M., Van Diest, I., Van der Does, W., Korbee, J. N., Waziri, N., Brosschot, J. F., & Verkuil, B. (2019). The effect of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation on fear generalization and subsequent fear extinction. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 161, 192-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2019.04.006
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