Mapping the modulating effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on voxel-based analyses in patients with first-episode major depressive disorder: a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study
He JK, Li SY, Wang Y, Zhao B, Xiao X, Hou XB, Zhang S, Zhao YN, Zhai WH, Fang JL, et al.
Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry · 2023
Key finding
In first-episode MDD, eight weeks of taVNS reduced HAM-D from 16.68 to 6.14 and normalised abnormal spontaneous brain activity.
- Condition
- Depression
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Observational / Cohort
- Participants
- 22
Cite this study
He, J. K., Li, S. Y., Wang, Y., Zhao, B., Xiao, X., Hou, X. B., Zhang, S., Zhao, Y. N., Zhai, W. H., Fang, J. L., & Rong, P. J. (2023). Mapping the modulating effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on voxel-based analyses in patients with first-episode major depressive disorder: a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.47626/1516-4446-2022-2788
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