Why the study?
VNS is efficacious for depression but has required surgical implantation, limiting widespread implementation.
Does noninvasive vagal nerve stimulation improve stress physiology in patients with stress-related psychiatric disorders?
Design
Review
Key result
Noninvasive vagal nerve stimulation has a favorable effect on stress physiology and shows promise in the prevention and treatment of stress-related psychiatric disorders.
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Should not yet change practice in stress-related psychiatric disorders; leaves open efficacy pending randomized trials.
Does noninvasive vagal nerve stimulation improve stress physiology in patients with stress-related psychiatric disorders?
Noninvasive vagal nerve stimulation shows promise as a measurable and accessible intervention for modulating stress physiology in psychiatric disorders.
Bremner et al. (2020) conducted a review in Stress-related psychiatric disorders. Noninvasive Vagal Nerve Stimulation (nVNS) was evaluated. Noninvasive vagal nerve stimulation has a favorable effect on stress physiology and shows promise in the prevention and treatment of stress-related psychiatric disorders.