Prolonged Longitudinal Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Effect on Striatal Functional Connectivity in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder
Zhang S, He JK, Zhong GL, Wang Y, Zhao YN, Wang L, Li SY, Xiao X, Yang ZY, Zhao B, et al.
Brain Sciences · 2022
Key finding
Eight weeks of taVNS significantly reduced HAMD (16.6 to 6.5) and altered striatal functional connectivity in MDD patients.
- Condition
- Depression
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Observational / Cohort
- Participants
- 15
Cite this study
Zhang, S., He, J. K., Zhong, G. L., Wang, Y., Zhao, Y. N., Wang, L., Li, S. Y., Xiao, X., Yang, Z. Y., Zhao, B., Zhang, J. L., Jiang, T. Z., Fang, J. L., & Rong, P. J. (2022). Prolonged Longitudinal Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Effect on Striatal Functional Connectivity in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder. Brain Sciences, 12(12), 1730. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12121730
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