Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation improves cognitive decline by alleviating intradialytic cerebral hypoxia in hemodialysis patients: A fNIRS pilot study
Wang MH, Jin YJ, He MF, Zhou AN, Zhu ML, Lin F, Li WW, Jiang ZL
Heliyon · 2024
Key finding
In haemodialysis patients, taVNS improved cognitive performance by increasing intradialytic cerebral oxygenation versus sham, with gains correlating to reaction time and MoCA scores.
- Condition
- Kidney Disease
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
- 36
Cite this study
Wang, M. H., Jin, Y. J., He, M. F., Zhou, A. N., Zhu, M. L., Lin, F., Li, W. W., & Jiang, Z. L. (2024). Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation improves cognitive decline by alleviating intradialytic cerebral hypoxia in hemodialysis patients: A fNIRS pilot study. Heliyon, 10(21), e39841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e39841
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