CNS BOLD fMRI effects of sham-controlled transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in the left outer auditory canal - A pilot study

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 798-804

  Kraus, Thomas ^a,b   Kiess, Olga ^a   Hösl, Katharina ^a   Terekhin, Pavel ^a   Kornhuber, Johannes ^a   Forster, Clemens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Frankenalb Klinik Engelthal   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti depressant; BOLD; Brain stimulation; fMRI; Non invasive; Psychiatric; t VNS; TENS; Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation; tVNS; Vagus nerve stimulation; VNS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; EAR LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INNERVATION; INSULA; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PILOT STUDY; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATOR; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANTI-DEPRESSANT; BOLD; BRAIN STIMULATION; FMRI; NON-INVASIVE; PSYCHIATRIC; T-VNS; TENS; TRANSCUTANEOUS VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; TVNS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VNS;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BRAIN; EAR CANAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883796928     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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