Acute vagus nerve stimulation using different pulse widths produces varying brain effects
Mu Q, Bohning D, Nahas Z, Walker J, Anderson B, Johnson K, Denslow S, Lomarev M, Moghadam P, Chae J, et al.
Biological Psychiatry · 2004
Key finding
VNS-synchronized BOLD fMRI in depressed patients showed that different stimulation pulse widths produced varying patterns of cortical and limbic brain activation.
- Condition
- Neuroimaging
- Stimulation
- iVNS
- Evidence tier
- Observational / Cohort
- Participants
- 12
Cite this study
Mu, Q., Bohning, D., Nahas, Z., Walker, J., Anderson, B., Johnson, K., Denslow, S., Lomarev, M., Moghadam, P., Chae, J., & George, M. (2004). Acute vagus nerve stimulation using different pulse widths produces varying brain effects. Biological Psychiatry.
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