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Tragus or cymba conchae? Investigating the anatomical foundation of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS).
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
BabyStrong II (Stimulating the Tragus for Neural Growth): A Randomized Controlled Trial of taVNS-Paired Bottle Feeding to Improve Oral Feeding
Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Preventing Emergence Agitation and Delirium After Pediatric Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Interventional Study
Who cites it
61 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation for Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
- Acute Effect of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Two Different Locations on Blood Pressure and Cardiac Autonomic Modulation in Healthy and Hypertensive Individuals: Pilot Study of a Randomized Crossover Clinical Trial.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy · 2026Trial
- Predicting treatment response to transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation in patients with insomnia: resting-state functional connectivity based multivoxel pattern analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2026Trial
- Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Pectoral-Intercostal Fascial Block for the Prevention of Chronic Postsurgical Pain in Elderly Patients Undergoing Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A 2×2 Factorial, Double-Blinded, Randomized Clinical Trial.Clinical interventions in aging · 2026Trial
- Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Attenuates Early Increases in Heart Rate Associated With the Cold Pressor Test.Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society · 2024Trial
- Motor Activated Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation as a Potential Neuromodulation Approach for Post-Stroke Motor Rehabilitation: A Pilot Study.Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2023Trial
- No modulation of postprandial metabolism by transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation: a cross-over study in 15 healthy men.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- No modulation of pupil size and event-related pupil response by transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS).Scientific reports · 2019Trial
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- Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation at 1 Hz modulates locus coeruleus activity and resting state functional connectivity in patients with migraine: An fMRI study.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2019Trial
- Efficacy and EEG-ECG mechanisms of taVNS combined with TEAS for negative symptoms of schizophrenia: a protocol for a 2 × 2 factorial randomized controlled trial.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026Article
- Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation improves dysautonomia in patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Article
- NTS Neural Subtypes and Satiety Pathways: taVNS as a Novel Neuromodulatory Intervention.Brain sciences · 2026Review
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- Neural bridging achieves transcutaneous regulation of vagus nerve function and treatment of depressive disorders.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025Article
- Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation Effects on Flavor-Evoked Electroencephalogram and Eye-Blink Rate.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- Vibrotactile auricular vagus nerve stimulation alters limbic system connectivity in humans: A pilot study.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Networks of Nerve Fibers, and Blood and Lymphatic Vessels in the Mouse Auricle: The Structural Basis of Ear Acupuncture.Medical acupuncture · 2024Article
- Multi-level exploration of auricular acupuncture: from traditional Chinese medicine theory to modern medical application.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Review
1 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
13 authors.
Bashar W BadranBrain Stimulation Lab, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, City College of New York, New York, NY, USA; U.S. Army Research Lab, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA. Electronic address: basharwbadran@gmail.com.
Joshua C BrownBrain Stimulation Lab, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Logan T DowdleBrain Stimulation Lab, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Oliver J MithoeferBrain Stimulation Lab, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Nicholas T LaBateCollege of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA.
James CoatsworthCenter for Biomedical Imaging, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
William H DeVriesBrain Stimulation Lab, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Christopher W AustelleBrain Stimulation Lab, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Lisa M McTeagueBrain Stimulation Lab, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Alfred YuU.S. Army Research Lab, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA.
Marom BiksonDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City College of New York, New York, NY, USA.
Dorothea D JenkinsDepartment of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Mark S GeorgeBrain Stimulation Lab, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA; Department of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA; Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA.
Funding
Treating Depression and Enhancing Locomotor Recovery Post-strokeP20GM109040 · NIGMS · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI KAUTZ, STEVEN A. · 2014 to 2024
$23.5MTechniques DevelopmentP2CHD086844 · NICHD · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI GEORGE, MARK S · 2015 to 2024
$12.7MNICHD NIH HHS P2C HD086844NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM109040
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Magnetic Resonance ImagingVagus Nerve StimulationElectric StimulationHumansTranscutaneous Electric Nerve StimulationVagus NerveAuricular vagusCymba conchaetaVNSTragustVNS
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NCT07394647ClinicalTrials.gov
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