The modulation effects of repeated transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on the functional connectivity of key brainstem regions along the vagus nerve pathway in migraine patients
Huang Y, Zhang Y, Hodges S, Li H, Yan Z, Liu X, Hou X, Chen W, Chai-Zhang T, Kong J, et al.
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience · 2023
Key finding
59 patients (real group: n = 33; sham group: n = 29) completed two fMRI scan sessions.
- Condition
- Migraine
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
- 59
Cite this study
Huang, Y., Zhang, Y., Hodges, S., Li, H., Yan, Z., Liu, X., Hou, X., Chen, W., Chai-Zhang, T., Kong, J., & Liu, B. (2023). The modulation effects of repeated transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on the functional connectivity of key brainstem regions along the vagus nerve pathway in migraine patients. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2023.1160006
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