Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation improves working memory in temporal lobe epilepsy: A randomized double-blind study
Pan L, Wang J, Wu W, Wang Y, Zhu Y, Song Y
CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics · 2024
Key finding
Compared with the baseline state, reaction time was significantly shorter after 20 weeks of taVNS in the a-taVNS group (p = 0.010), whereas no difference was observed in the s-taVNS group (p > 0.05).
- Condition
- Epilepsy
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
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Cite this study
Pan, L., Wang, J., Wu, W., Wang, Y., Zhu, Y., & Song, Y. (2024). Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation improves working memory in temporal lobe epilepsy: A randomized double-blind study. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, 30(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/cns.14395
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