Non-invasive vagal nerve stimulation decreases brain activity during trauma scripts
Wittbrodt MT, Gurel NZ, Nye JA, Ladd S, Shandhi MMH, Huang M, Shah AJ, Pearce BD, Alam ZS, Rapaport MH, et al.
Brain Stimulation · 2020
Key finding
Active non-invasive cervical VNS reduced activity in stress-responsive brain regions during personalized trauma-script exposure compared with sham in trauma-exposed individuals.
- Condition
- PTSD
- Stimulation
- tcVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
- 19
Cite this study
Wittbrodt, M. T., Gurel, N. Z., Nye, J. A., Ladd, S., Shandhi, M. M. H., Huang, M., Shah, A. J., Pearce, B. D., Alam, Z. S., Rapaport, M. H., Murrah, N., Ko, Y. A., Haffer, A. A., Shallenberger, L. H., Vaccarino, V., Inan, O. T., & Bremner, J. D. (2020). Non-invasive vagal nerve stimulation decreases brain activity during trauma scripts. Brain Stimulation, 13(5), 1333-1348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2020.07.002
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