Critical Review of Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation: Challenges for Translation to Clinical Practice

Several studies have illustrated that transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) can elicit therapeutic effects that are similar to those produced by its invasive counterpart, vagus nerve stimulation (VNS). VNS is an FDA-approved therapy for the treatment of both depression and epilepsy, but it i...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Neuroscience
Main Authors:	Jonathan Y. Y. Yap, Charlotte Keatch, Elisabeth Lambert, Will Woods, Paul R. Stoddart, Tatiana Kameneva
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Subjects:	vagus nerve vagus nerve stimulation transcutaneous neuromodulation neurostimulation
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2020.00284/full

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