Effects of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on brain functional connectivity of medial prefrontal cortex in patients with primary insomnia
Zhang S, He J, Meng H, Zhao B, Zhao Y, Wang Y, Li S, Wang L, Wu M, Chen Y, et al.
The Anatomical Record · 2021
Key finding
In patients with primary insomnia, taVNS altered medial-prefrontal-cortex functional connectivity, offering a neuroimaging correlate of its effect on sleep (mechanistic; clinical outcomes not the focus).
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- Sleep
- Stimulation
- taVNS
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- Controlled Clinical Trial
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Zhang, S., He, J., Meng, H., Zhao, B., Zhao, Y., Wang, Y., Li, S., Wang, L., Wu, M., Chen, Y., Xiao, X., Hou, L., Fang, J., & Rong, P. (2021). Effects of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on brain functional connectivity of medial prefrontal cortex in patients with primary insomnia. The Anatomical Record, 304(11), 2426-2435. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24785
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