Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation: Efficacy, Applications, and Challenges in Mood Disorders and Autonomic Regulation-A Narrative Review
Croft JR, LaMacchia ZM, Alderete JF, Maestas A, Nguyen K, O’Hara RB
Military Medicine · 2025
Key finding
A systematic review of taVNS describing its autonomic effects and its applications and challenges in mood disorders.
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- Condition
- Depression
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Systematic Review / Meta-Analysis
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Croft, J. R., LaMacchia, Z. M., Alderete, J. F., Maestas, A., Nguyen, K., & O’Hara, R. B. (2025). Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation: Efficacy, Applications, and Challenges in Mood Disorders and Autonomic Regulation-A Narrative Review. Military Medicine, 190(9-10), e1827-e1834. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaf063
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