Effect of transcutaneous cervical vagus nerve stimulation on declarative and working memory in patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A pilot study
Choudhary T, Elliott M, Euliano N, Gurel N, Rivas A, Wittbrodt M, Vaccarino V, Shah A, Inan O, Bremner J
Journal of Affective Disorders · 2023
Key finding
Active tcVNS produced a 91% increase in paragraph recall performance by two months, suggesting VNS may improve declarative memory deficits associated with PTSD.
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- Condition
- PTSD
- Stimulation
- tcVNS
- Evidence tier
- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
- 15
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Choudhary, T., Elliott, M., Euliano, N., Gurel, N., Rivas, A., Wittbrodt, M., Vaccarino, V., Shah, A., Inan, O., & Bremner, J. (2023). Effect of transcutaneous cervical vagus nerve stimulation on declarative and working memory in patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A pilot study. Journal of Affective Disorders.
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