Transauricular vagus nerve stimulation at auricular acupoints Kindey (CO10), Yidan (CO11), Liver (CO12) and Shenmen (TF4) can induce auditory and limbic cortices activation measured by fMRI
Peng L, Mu K, Liu A, Zhou L, Gao Y, Shenoy IT, Mei Z, Chen Q
Hearing Research · 2018
Key finding
We found that taVNS at auricular acupoints CO10-12, TF4 can instantly and effectively generate blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) signal changes in the prefrontal, auditory and limbic cortices of healthy subjects by fMRI.
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- Neuroimaging
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- taVNS
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- Controlled Clinical Trial
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Peng, L., Mu, K., Liu, A., Zhou, L., Gao, Y., Shenoy, I. T., Mei, Z., & Chen, Q. (2018). Transauricular vagus nerve stimulation at auricular acupoints Kindey (CO10), Yidan (CO11), Liver (CO12) and Shenmen (TF4) can induce auditory and limbic cortices activation measured by fMRI. Hearing Research, 359, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2017.12.003
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