Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Facilitates Cortical Arousal and Alertness

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 20; no. 2; p. 1402
• Main Authors: Chen, Yuxin, Lu, Xuejing, Hu, Li
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 12.01.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Anxiety; Arousal; Cognition; Electrodes; Humans; Spectrum analysis; Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation - methods; Vagus nerve; Vagus Nerve - physiology; Vagus Nerve Stimulation - methods; attention; alertness; microstates; transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS); cortical arousal; alpha oscillations

Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) is a promising noninvasive technique with potential beneficial effects on human emotion and cognition, including cortical arousal and alertness. However, it remains unclear how taVNS could improve cortical arousal and alertness, which are cruc...