Transcutaneous cervical vagus nerve stimulation improved motor cortex excitability in healthy adults: a randomized, single-blind, self-crossover design study
Wang MX, Wumiti A, Zhang YW, Gao XS, Huang Z, Zhang MF, Peng ZY, Oku Y, Tang ZM
Frontiers in Neuroscience · 2023
Key finding
In an RCT of healthy adults, tcVNS increased motor-cortex excitability, with higher MEP amplitude and shorter latency and motor threshold.
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- Condition
- Neuroplasticity
- Stimulation
- tcVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
- 28
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Wang, M. X., Wumiti, A., Zhang, Y. W., Gao, X. S., Huang, Z., Zhang, M. F., Peng, Z. Y., Oku, Y., & Tang, Z. M. (2023). Transcutaneous cervical vagus nerve stimulation improved motor cortex excitability in healthy adults: a randomized, single-blind, self-crossover design study. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1234033
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