Effect of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation on stress-reactive neuroendocrine measures in a sample of persons with temporal lobe epilepsy
Doerr JM, Juenemann M, Hakel L, Schmidt L, Menzler K, Krause K, Linka L, Skoluda N, Nater UM, Knake S
Epilepsia Open · 2023
Key finding
There was a dampened salivary cortisol (sCort) decrease during tVNS (time × condition effect: F[2.38, 38.15] = 6.50, P = 0.002, partial η2 = 0.29).
- Condition
- Stress & Performance
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
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Cite this study
Doerr, J. M., Juenemann, M., Hakel, L., Schmidt, L., Menzler, K., Krause, K., Linka, L., Skoluda, N., Nater, U. M., & Knake, S. (2023). Effect of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation on stress-reactive neuroendocrine measures in a sample of persons with temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia Open, 8(3), 1013-1020. https://doi.org/10.1002/epi4.12774
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