Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation modulates default mode network in major depressive disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 266-273

  Fang, Jiliang ^a   Rong, Peijing ^a   Hong, Yang ^a   Fan, Yangyang ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Wang, Honghong ^a   Zhang, Guolei ^a   Chen, Xiaoyan ^b   Shi, Shan ^a   Wang, Liping ^c   Liu, Rupeng ^a   Hwang, Jiwon ^b   Li, Zhengjie ^b,d   Tao, Jing ^b,e   Wang, Yang ^f   Zhu, Bing ^a   Kong, Jian ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^e FUJIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Default mode network; fMRI; Functional connectivity; Major depressive disorder; Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955106683     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.03.025     Document Type: Article

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