Transcutaneous auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Median Nerve Stimulation reduce acute stress in young healthy adults: a single-blind sham-controlled crossover study
Sanchez-Perez JA, Gazi AH, Rahman FN, Seith A, Saks G, Sundararaj S, Erbrick R, Harrison AB, Nichols CJ, Modak M, et al.
Frontiers in Neuroscience · 2023
Key finding
Active taVNS and median nerve stimulation produced physiological changes indicating reduced sympathetic outflow following an acute stressor compared with sham in young healthy adults.
- Condition
- Stress & Performance
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
- 19
Cite this study
Sanchez-Perez, J. A., Gazi, A. H., Rahman, F. N., Seith, A., Saks, G., Sundararaj, S., Erbrick, R., Harrison, A. B., Nichols, C. J., Modak, M., Chalumuri, Y. R., Snow, T. K., Hahn, J. O., & Inan, O. T. (2023). Transcutaneous auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Median Nerve Stimulation reduce acute stress in young healthy adults: a single-blind sham-controlled crossover study. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1213982
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