Auricular transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in depressed patients: A randomized controlled pilot study

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 821-827

  Hein, Ernst ^a   Nowak, Magdalena ^a   Kiess, Olga ^b   Biermann, Teresa ^b   Bayerlein, Kristina ^b   Kornhuber, Johannes ^b   Kraus, Thomas ^a  

^a Frankenalb Klinik Engelthal   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auricular nerve stimulation; Depression; Psychiatric; TENS; Transcutaneous; tVNS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AURICULAR TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; UNPLEASANT SENSATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84878020628     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-012-0908-6     Document Type: Article

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