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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2025

Effects of stimulation site and protocol on autonomic responses to auricular vagus nerve stimulation.

Alireza Gharabaghi, Marius Keute

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Alireza GharabaghiInstitute for Neuromodulation and Neurotechnology, University Hospital and University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Marius KeuteInstitute for Neuromodulation and Neurotechnology, University Hospital and University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) modulates autonomic function, but the influence of stimulation site and protocol remains unclear. In two within-subject experiments in young healthy participants (study 1:

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autonomic modulationbrain-body interactioncontrol siteheart rate variability (HRV)neurovisceral integrationstandard deviation of heartbeat intervals (SDNN)stimulation parameterstranscutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS)

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PMID41395270
PMCPMC12698621

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