Transcutaneous Cervical Vagus Nerve Stimulation Reduces Respiratory Variability in the Context of Opioid Withdrawal
Gazi AH, Harrison AB, Lambert TP, Obideen M, Welsh JW, Vaccarino V, Shah AJ, Back SE, Rozell CJ, Bremner JD, et al.
2022 IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) · 2022
Key finding
In opioid use disorder patients undergoing withdrawal, active tcVNS significantly reduced respiratory inspiratory-time variability compared with sham stimulation.
- Condition
- Addiction
- Stimulation
- tcVNS
- Evidence tier
- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
- 21
Cite this study
Gazi, A. H., Harrison, A. B., Lambert, T. P., Obideen, M., Welsh, J. W., Vaccarino, V., Shah, A. J., Back, S. E., Rozell, C. J., Bremner, J. D., & Inan, O. T. (2022). Transcutaneous Cervical Vagus Nerve Stimulation Reduces Respiratory Variability in the Context of Opioid Withdrawal. 2022 IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1109/bhi56158.2022.9926787
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