Ear your heart: transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on heart rate variability in healthy young participants
Forte G, Favieri F, Leemhuis E, De Martino ML, Giannini AM, De Gennaro L, Casagrande M, Pazzaglia M
PeerJ · 2022
Key finding
Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation acutely modulated heart rate variability indices in healthy young participants compared with sham.
- Condition
- Heart Health
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
- 28
Cite this study
Forte, G., Favieri, F., Leemhuis, E., De Martino, M. L., Giannini, A. M., De Gennaro, L., Casagrande, M., & Pazzaglia, M. (2022). Ear your heart: transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on heart rate variability in healthy young participants. PeerJ, 10, e14447. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14447
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