Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation Modulates Default Mode Network in Major Depressive Disorder
Fang J, Rong P, Hong Y, Fan Y, Liu J, Wang H, Zhang G, Chen X, Shi S, Wang L, et al.
Biological Psychiatry · 2016
Key finding
In a controlled trial of major-depression patients, one month of taVNS significantly reduced Hamilton Depression scores versus sham and shifted default-mode-network connectivity with the insula, precuneus and prefrontal cortex.
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- Condition
- Depression
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
- 34
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Fang, J., Rong, P., Hong, Y., Fan, Y., Liu, J., Wang, H., Zhang, G., Chen, X., Shi, S., Wang, L., Liu, R., Hwang, J., Li, Z., Tao, J., Wang, Y., Zhu, B., & Kong, J. (2016). Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation Modulates Default Mode Network in Major Depressive Disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 79(4), 266-273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.03.025
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