ArticleBrain sciences2020
Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation Modulates EEG Microstates and Delta Activity in Healthy Subjects.
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- Vagus Nerve Stimulation in the Management of Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Systematic Review of Advances in Animal Research and Clinical Applications.Current Alzheimer research · 2026Pooled it
- Neuroimaging Insights into the Public Health Burden of Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Systematic Review of Electroencephalography-Based Cognitive Biomarkers.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Cardiovascular effects of auricular stimulation -a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Pooled it
- The effects of non-invasive transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on resting-state delta oscillation: a randomized, double-blinded, sham-control trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Left Vagus Stimulation Modulates Contralateral Subthalamic β Power Improving the Gait in Parkinson's Disease.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2024Trial
- Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Facilitates Cortical Arousal and Alertness.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- Effects of Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation, Neurofeedback, and their Combination on Cortisol, Anxiety, and Depression Subtypes in Non-Clinical Adults.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2026Article
- Neurophysiological correlates of taVNS-mediated cognitive enhancement.Clinical neurophysiology practice · 2026Article
- Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Treating Emotional Dysregulation and Inflammation in Common Neuropsychiatric Disorders.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Altered EEG Microstate Dynamics in First Unprovoked Seizure and Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy Patients.European journal of neurology · 2025Article
- A pooled analysis of the side effects of non-invasive Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS).Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- The effects of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation in epilepsy comorbid with migraine on the EEG power spectrum: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on stress regulation: an EEG and questionnaire study.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- Time-frequency feature calculation of multi-stage audiovisual neural processing via electroencephalogram microstates.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- EEG Oscillations as Neuroplastic Markers of Neural Compensation in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation: The Role of Slow-Frequency Bands.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Impact of Stimulation Duration in taVNS-Exploring Multiple Physiological and Cognitive Outcomes.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Investigating neuromodulatory effect of transauricular vagus nerve stimulation on resting-state electroencephalography.Biomedical engineering letters · 2024Article
- EEG-Meta-Microstates: Towards a More Objective Use of Resting-State EEG Microstate Findings Across Studies.Brain topography · 2024Article
- Effects of head alignment devices on working memory and postural support during computer work.PloS one · 2024Article
- Effects of acupuncture at limb Acupoints-Guangming (GB37) on UDVA, CS, and EEG microstate in myopia.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
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Abstract
Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) is an alternative non-invasive method for the electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve with the goal of treating several neuropsychiatric disorders. The objective of this study is to assess the effects of tVNS on cerebral cortex activity in healthy volunteers using resting-state microstates and power spectrum electroencephalography (EEG) analysis. Eight male subjects aged 25-45 years were recruited in this randomized sham-controlled double-blind study with cross-over design. Real tVNS was administered at the left external acoustic meatus, while sham stimulation was performed at the left ear lobe, both of them for 60 min. The EEG recording lasted 5 min and was performed before and 60 min following the tVNS experimental session. We observed that real tVNS induced an increase in the metrics of microstate A mean duration (
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