Present Situation and Prospect of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Encephalopathy Treatment
10.11842/wst.2017.03.013
- VernacularTitle:经皮耳迷走神经刺激治疗脑病的现状与展望
- Author:
Yutian YU
;
Peijing RONG
;
Bing ZHU
- Keywords:
Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation;
vagus nerve stimulation;
epilepsy;
depression;
encephalopathy;
functional connectivity;
default mode network
- From:
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2017;19(3):462-468
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) was researched and developed based on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) auricular acupuncture (AA),vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) and anatomy.It is a typical representative of TCM modernization.Meanwhile,taVNS does not require surgery,with low cost,and has almost no side effects.Most importantly,it ensures a comparable efficiency as the classic VNS.The taVNS regulates the autonomic neural function as its core,opens up a new principle of peripheral nerve-brain network-body function,and has made breakthroughs in the treatment of epilepsy and depression.Other indications of taVNS contain disorders of consciousness (DOC),autism spectrum disorder (ASD),Alzheimer's disease (AD),and etc.The further improvement of taVNS technique will definitely benefit a wider range of patients.
