Efficacy and brain mechanism of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation for adolescents with mild to moderate depression: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

ABSTRACT Background Depression is a common mental illness in childhood and adolescence, with an incidence of 4%–5%; it can lead to impairments in learning and social functioning. Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) is a commonly used method of auricular acupuncture point stimula...

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Main Authors: Xue Xiao, Xiaobing Hou, Zhangjing Zhang, Ying Li, Xue Yu, Yanhui Wang, Jing Tian, Ke Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-06-01
Series:Pediatric Investigation
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ped4.12198