Stimulus frequency modulates brainstem response to respiratory-gated transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation
Sclocco R, Garcia R, Kettner N, Fisher H, Isenburg K, Makarovsky M, Stowell J, Goldstein J, Barbieri R, Napadow V
Brain Stimulation · 2020
Key finding
7T fMRI showed that stimulation frequency shaped brainstem (nucleus tractus solitarius) responses to respiratory-gated auricular taVNS, with 100 Hz exhalation-gated stimulation producing the strongest activation.
- Condition
- Neuroimaging
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
- 30
Cite this study
Sclocco, R., Garcia, R., Kettner, N., Fisher, H., Isenburg, K., Makarovsky, M., Stowell, J., Goldstein, J., Barbieri, R., & Napadow, V. (2020). Stimulus frequency modulates brainstem response to respiratory-gated transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation. Brain Stimulation.
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