Transcutaneous Cervical Vagus Nerve Stimulation Inhibits the Reciprocal of the Pulse Transit Time's Responses to Traumatic Stress in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Gazi AH, Sundararaj S, Harrison AB, Gurel NZ, Wittbrodt MT, Alkhalaf M, Soudan M, Levantsevych O, Haffar A, Shah AJ, et al.
2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) · 2021
Key finding
Thereby computing relative changes in 1/PTT, we find that tcVNS results in reduced 1/PTT responses to traumatic stress and the first minute of stimulation, compared to a sham control (corrected p < 0.05).
- Condition
- PTSD
- Stimulation
- tcVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
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Cite this study
Gazi, A. H., Sundararaj, S., Harrison, A. B., Gurel, N. Z., Wittbrodt, M. T., Alkhalaf, M., Soudan, M., Levantsevych, O., Haffar, A., Shah, A. J., Vaccarino, V., Bremner, J. D., & Inan, O. T. (2021). Transcutaneous Cervical Vagus Nerve Stimulation Inhibits the Reciprocal of the Pulse Transit Time's Responses to Traumatic Stress in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. 2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 1444-1447. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9630415
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