ArticleThe Journal of pediatrics2023
Higher Dose Noninvasive Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Increases Feeding Volumes and White Matter Microstructural Complexity in Open-Label Study of Infants Slated for Gastrostomy Tube.
Article in The Journal of pediatrics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.
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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.
Noninvasive Brain Stimulation to Improve Oromotor Function In Neonates With Advanced Neuroimaging to Determine Safety and Target Engagement of taVNS for Neurorehabilitation
BabyStrong II (Stimulating the Tragus for Neural Growth): A Randomized Controlled Trial of taVNS-Paired Bottle Feeding to Improve Oral Feeding
Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Vagus nerve-driven microbiota homeostasis: a promising integrative add-on therapy for neurodevelopmental disorders.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation Effects on Flavor-Evoked Electroencephalogram and Eye-Blink Rate.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- Pairing taVNS and CIMT is feasible and may improve upper extremity function in infants.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation may benefit from the addition of N-acetylcysteine to facilitate motor learning in infants of diabetic mothers failing oral feeds.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
- Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation for long-term post-stroke cognitive impairment: a DTI case report.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
- Use of non-invasive transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation: neurodevelopmental and sensory follow-up.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
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12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine whether transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) paired with twice daily bottle feeding increases the volume of oral feeds and white matter neuroplasticity in term-age-equivalent infants failing oral feeds and determined to need a gastrostomy tube. STUDY
designIn this prospective, open-label study, 21 infants received taVNS paired with 2 bottle feeds for 2 - 3 weeks (2x). We compared 1) increase oral feeding volumes with 2x taVNS and previously reported once daily taVNS (1x) to determine a dose response, 2) number of infants who attained full oral feeding volumes, and 3) diffusional kurtosis imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy before and after treatment by paired t tests.
resultsAll 2x taVNS treated infants significantly increased their feeding volumes compared with 10 days before treatment. Over 50% of 2x taVNS infants achieved full oral feeds but in a shorter time than 1x cohort (median 7 days [2x], 12.5 days [1x], P < .05). Infants attaining full oral feeds showed greater increase in radial kurtosis in the right corticospinal tract at the cerebellar peduncle and external capsule. Notably, 75% of infants of diabetic mothers failed full oral feeds, and their glutathione concentrations in the basal ganglia, a measure of central nervous system oxidative stress, were significantly associated with feeding outcome.
conclusionsIn infants with feeding difficulty, increasing the number of daily taVNS-paired feeding sessions to twice-daily significantly accelerates response time but not the overall response rate of treatment. taVNS was associated with white matter motor tract plasticity in infants able to attain full oral feeds.
trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov (NCT04643808).
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