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Ronald G Garcia^{1

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¹ Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Neurovascular Science Group, Fundación Cardiovascular de Colombia, Floridablanca, Colombia.
³ Division of Women's Health, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Logan University, Chesterfield, MO, USA.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

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Ronald G Garcia et al. Pain. 2017 Oct.

. 2017 Oct;158(10):2054-2055.

doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000988.

Ronald G Garcia^{1

2

3}, Vitaly Napadow^{1

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5}

¹ Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Neurovascular Science Group, Fundación Cardiovascular de Colombia, Floridablanca, Colombia.
³ Division of Women's Health, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Logan University, Chesterfield, MO, USA.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

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Modulation of brainstem activity and connectivity by respiratory-gated auricular vagal afferent nerve stimulation in migraine patients.
Garcia RG, Lin RL, Lee J, Kim J, Barbieri R, Sclocco R, Wasan AD, Edwards RR, Rosen BR, Hadjikhani N, Napadow V. Garcia RG, et al. Pain. 2017 Aug;158(8):1461-1472. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000930. Pain. 2017. PMID: 28541256 Free PMC article.
Neuroimaging of vagal nerve stimulation: are we missing a trick?
Ruffle JK, Aziz Q, Farmer AD. Ruffle JK, et al. Pain. 2017 Oct;158(10):2053. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000987. Pain. 2017. PMID: 28930923 No abstract available.

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