Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation

Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) is a medical treatment that involves delivering electrical impulses to the auricular branch of the vagus nerve or cervical vagus nerve. It being studied for stroke.^[1]

References

↑ Cai PY, Bodhit A, Derequito R, Ansari S, Abukhalil F, Thenkabail S, Ganji S, Saravanapavan P, Shekar CC, Bidari S, Waters MF, Hedna VS (June 2014). "Vagus nerve stimulation in ischemic stroke: old wine in a new bottle.". Front Neurol. 5: 107. doi:10.3389/fneur.2014.00107. PMC 4067569. PMID 25009531.

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