30 Hz Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Alleviates Abdominal Pain by Modulating EEG Activity in the alpha Frequency Band of the Brain
Huang Q, Li Q, He H, Zhao Q, Yuan K, Cai S
CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics · 2025
Key finding
A 20-day course of 30 Hz taVNS significantly alleviated persistent abdominal pain and normalised prefrontal alpha oscillations.
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- Condition
- Pain
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
- 52
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Huang, Q., Li, Q., He, H., Zhao, Q., Yuan, K., & Cai, S. (2025). 30 Hz Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Alleviates Abdominal Pain by Modulating EEG Activity in the alpha Frequency Band of the Brain. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, 31(11). https://doi.org/10.1111/cns.70641
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