Auricular transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in depressed patients: a randomized controlled pilot study
Hein E, Nowak M, Kiess O, Biermann T, Bayerlein K, Kornhuber J, Kraus T
Journal of Neural Transmission · 2013
Key finding
Active auricular transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation produced significantly greater improvement in Beck Depression Inventory scores compared to sham stimulation over two weeks in depressed patients.
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- Condition
- Depression
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
- 37
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Hein, E., Nowak, M., Kiess, O., Biermann, T., Bayerlein, K., Kornhuber, J., & Kraus, T. (2013). Auricular transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in depressed patients: a randomized controlled pilot study. Journal of Neural Transmission, 120(5), 821-827. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-012-0908-6
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