Transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation may elicit anti- and pro-nociceptive effects under experimentally-induced pain - A crossover placebo-controlled investigation

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 185, Issue , 2014, Pages 120-122

  Laqua, René ^a   Leutzow, Bianca ^a   Wendt, Michael ^a   Usichenko, Taras ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experimental pain; Pain threshold; Transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EXPERIMENTAL PAIN; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOCK; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATOR; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ANALGESIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INDIVIDUALITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84908073635     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: 18727484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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