Transcutaneous noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) in the treatment of schizophrenia: a bicentric randomized controlled pilot study
Hasan A, Wolff-Menzler C, Pfeiffer S, Falkai P, Weidinger E, Jobst A, Hoell I, Malchow B, Yeganeh-Doost P, Strube W, et al.
European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience · 2015
Key finding
We could not observe a statistically significant difference in the improvement of schizophrenia psychopathology during the observation period.
- Condition
- Schizophrenia
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
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Cite this study
Hasan, A., Wolff-Menzler, C., Pfeiffer, S., Falkai, P., Weidinger, E., Jobst, A., Hoell, I., Malchow, B., Yeganeh-Doost, P., Strube, W., Quast, S., Müller, N., & Wobrock, T. (2015). Transcutaneous noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) in the treatment of schizophrenia: a bicentric randomized controlled pilot study. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 265(7), 589-600. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-015-0618-9
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