Access to vagal projections via cutaneous electrical stimulation of the neck: fMRI evidence in healthy humans
Frangos E, Komisaruk B
Brain Stimulation · 2017
Key finding
Transcutaneous cervical (neck) vagus stimulation produced fMRI activation of the nucleus tractus solitarius and central vagal afferent network, with deactivation of limbic structures, in healthy adults.
- Condition
- Neuroimaging
- Stimulation
- tcVNS
- Evidence tier
- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
- 13
Cite this study
Frangos, E., & Komisaruk, B. (2017). Access to vagal projections via cutaneous electrical stimulation of the neck: fMRI evidence in healthy humans. Brain Stimulation.
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