Transcutaneous nerve stimulation via the tragus: are we really stimulating the vagus nerve?

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. Electronic address: a.m.burger@fsw.leidenuniv.nl.
² Clinical Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.

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Andreas M Burger et al. Brain Stimul. 2018 Jul-Aug.

. 2018 Jul-Aug;11(4):945-946.

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2018.03.018. Epub 2018 Apr 5.

¹ Clinical Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. Electronic address: a.m.burger@fsw.leidenuniv.nl.
² Clinical Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.

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