Effect of aging on vagus somatosensory evoked potentials and ultrasonographic parameters of the vagus nerve
Laucius O, Gabrinovičienė R, Jucevičiūtė N, Vaitkus A, Balnytė R, Petrikonis K, Rastenytė D
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience · 2021
Key finding
No differences were found between the younger and older groups when comparing the average VN CSA (2.01 ± 0.20 vs 2.05 ± 0.20, mm2; p = 0.570) or the CSA of the right (2.08 ± 0.19 vs 2.17 ± 0.24, mm2; p = 0.233) or left VN (1.94 ± 0.26 vs 1.93 ± 0.24, mm2; p = 0.911).
- Condition
- Ageing
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
- 20
Cite this study
Laucius, O., Gabrinovičienė, R., Jucevičiūtė, N., Vaitkus, A., Balnytė, R., Petrikonis, K., & Rastenytė, D. (2021). Effect of aging on vagus somatosensory evoked potentials and ultrasonographic parameters of the vagus nerve. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 90, 359-362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2021.03.048
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