Feasibility, safety and efficacy of transauricular vagus nerve stimulation in a cohort of patients with disorders of consciousness

Enrique Noé; Joan Ferri; Carolina Colomer; Belén Moliner; Myrtha O'Valle; Patricia Ugart; Clara Rodriguez; Roberto Llorens

doi:10.1016/j.brs.2019.12.005

Feasibility, safety and efficacy of transauricular vagus nerve stimulation in a cohort of patients with disorders of consciousness

Brain Stimul. 2020 Mar-Apr;13(2):427-429. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2019.12.005. Epub 2019 Dec 12.

Authors

Enrique Noé¹, Joan Ferri², Carolina Colomer², Belén Moliner², Myrtha O'Valle², Patricia Ugart², Clara Rodriguez², Roberto Llorens³

Affiliations

¹ NEURORHB. Servicio De Neurorrehabilitación de Hospitales Vithas, València, Spain; Fundación Salud y Cerebro, València, Spain; Fundación Hospitales Vithas, València, Spain. Electronic address: enoe@comv.es.
² NEURORHB. Servicio De Neurorrehabilitación de Hospitales Vithas, València, Spain; Fundación Salud y Cerebro, València, Spain; Fundación Hospitales Vithas, València, Spain.
³ NEURORHB. Servicio De Neurorrehabilitación de Hospitales Vithas, València, Spain; Fundación Salud y Cerebro, València, Spain; Fundación Hospitales Vithas, València, Spain; Neurorehabilitation and Brain Research Group, Instituto de Investigación e Innovación en Bioingeniería, Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain. Electronic address: roberto@neurorhb.com.

PMID: 31866491
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2019.12.005

No abstract available

Keywords: Disorders of consciousness; Minimally conscious state; Noninvasive brain stimulation; Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome; Vagus nerve stimulation.

Publication types

Letter