Brief periods of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation improve autonomic balance and alter circulating monocytes and endothelial cells in patients with metabolic syndrome: a pilot study
de Moraes TL, Costa FO, Cabral DG, Fernandes DM, Sangaleti CT, Dalboni MA, Motta e Motta J, de Souza LA, Montano N, Irigoyen MC, et al.
Bioelectronic Medicine · 2023
Key finding
Eight weeks of taVNS shifted circulating monocytes toward an anti-inflammatory profile (increased classical CD14+, decreased non-classical CD16+) in metabolic syndrome patients.
- Condition
- Inflammation
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
- 30
Cite this study
de Moraes, T. L., Costa, F. O., Cabral, D. G., Fernandes, D. M., Sangaleti, C. T., Dalboni, M. A., Motta e Motta, J., de Souza, L. A., Montano, N., Irigoyen, M. C., Brines, M., J. Tracey, K., Pavlov, V. A., & Consolim Colombo, F. M. (2023). Brief periods of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation improve autonomic balance and alter circulating monocytes and endothelial cells in patients with metabolic syndrome: a pilot study. Bioelectronic Medicine, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42234-023-00109-2
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