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ArticleBrain stimulation

External stimulation of the trigeminal nerve causes pupil dilation in healthy volunteers, suggesting locus coeruleus modulation.

Nina Seminck, Ahmad Khatoun, Silke Kerstens, Bart Nuttin, Myles Mc Laughlin

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Article in Brain stimulation. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Nina SeminckExperimental ORL, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: nina.seminck@kuleuven.be.
Ahmad KhatounExperimental ORL, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Silke KerstensExperimental ORL, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Bart NuttinExperimental Neurosurgery and Neuroanatomy, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Myles Mc LaughlinExperimental ORL, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.

Funding

Elucidating the neural mechanisms behind transcranial direct current stimulationR01MH123508 · NIMH · KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN · PI MC LAUGHLIN, MYLES · 2020 to 2024
$1.1M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH123508
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Locus CoeruleusPupilTrigeminal NerveAdultElectric StimulationFemaleHealthy VolunteersHumansMaleYoung AdultExternal trigeminal nerve stimulationLocus coeruleusNorepinephrinePupillometry

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PMID38763412
PMCPMC11924739

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