The effect of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation on pain perception-An experimental study

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 202-209

  Busch, Volker ^a   Zeman, Florian ^a   Heckel, Andreas ^e   Menne, Felix ^a   Ellrich, Jens ^b,c,d   Eichhammer, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Medical Department   (Germany)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Autonomic nervous system; Neuromodulation; Pain thresholds; Quantitative sensory testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84875209285     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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