Mapping the modulating effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on voxel-based analyses in patients with first-episode major depressive disorder: a resting-state fMRI study.

Jia-Kai HeShao-Yuan LiYu WangBin ZhaoXue XiaoXiao-Bin HouShuai ZhangYa-Nan ZhaoWei-Hang ZhaiJi-Liang FangPei-Jing Rong

Published in: Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) (2023)

TaVNS reduced the functional connectivity between VSi and precuneus by normalizing the abnormal spontaneous brain activity of VSi in first-episode MDD patients.

Keyphrases

functional connectivity
resting state
major depressive disorder
bipolar disorder
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors