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Hitting the right nerve: effects of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation on symptoms of anxiety
stimulation (tVNS) has beneficial effects over sham stimulation in laboratory models of anxiety.
Specifically, in Part I, the effects of tVNS were tested in a fear conditioning paradigm to test the utility
of tVNS as an add-on treatment for exposure therapy. In Part II, the effects of tVNS as a stand-alone
treatment for one of the core symptoms of anxiety – perseverative cognition – was tested within the
experimental framework of a Breathing Focus task. Part III deals with working mechanisms: what is
the optimal site of the ear to stimulate the auricular branch of the vagus nerve (ABVN) and what is the
hypothesized working mechanism underlying the anxiolytic effects of tVNS? Specifically, the effects of
tVNS on both physiological as well as behavioral indices of locus coeruleus – noradrenaline (LC-NA)
network activity were tested.
- All authors
- Burger, A.M.
- Supervisor
- Does, W. van der; Brosschot, J.F.
- Co-supervisor
- Verkuil, B.
- Committee
- Bruijn, E.R.A. de; Vonck, K.; Verwijk, E.
- Qualification
- Doctor (dr.)
- Awarding Institution
- Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University
- Date
- 2019-05-15
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- This work was supported by a research grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) awarded to Bart Verkuil (Veni Grant 451-14-013)