The influence of respiration on brainstem and cardiovagal response to auricular vagus nerve stimulation: A multimodal ultrahigh-field (7T) fMRI study
Sclocco R, Garcia RG, Kettner NW, Isenburg K, Fisher HP, Hubbard CS, Ay I, Polimeni JR, Goldstein J, Makris N, et al.
Brain Stimulation · 2019
Key finding
Using 7T fMRI, exhalation-gated auricular taVNS produced stronger nucleus tractus solitarius and brainstem activation and greater cardiovagal modulation than inhalation-gated stimulation.
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- Neuroimaging
- Stimulation
- taVNS
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- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
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Sclocco, R., Garcia, R. G., Kettner, N. W., Isenburg, K., Fisher, H. P., Hubbard, C. S., Ay, I., Polimeni, J. R., Goldstein, J., Makris, N., Toschi, N., Barbieri, R., & Napadow, V. (2019). The influence of respiration on brainstem and cardiovagal response to auricular vagus nerve stimulation: A multimodal ultrahigh-field (7T) fMRI study. Brain Stimulation, 12(4), 911-921. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2019.02.003
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